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Portrait He Knew

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                       Portrait (He Knew)
                                           Kansas
            D   F/D   G/D   Bb/D    C/D  Em/D
Intro:            |            |           |
   F/D Em/D D    F/D G/D Bb/DC/D Em/DF/D
         |         |       |        
    Em/DD  C/D A   Cmaj7Bm E5 F#m7E     F#m7
            |                        
Dm                                      Bb
    He had a thousand ideas,      You might have heard his name
F                                           C                              G5
   He lived alone with his vision,   Not looking for fortune and fame
Dm                                          Bb
Never said too much to speak of      He was off on another plane
F                                                        C                G5
The words that he said were a mystery  Nobody's sure he was sane
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             Dm         F                     G                Dm
But he knew   He knew more than me or you
F                     G           Dm       Bb                C     G5
No one could see his view       Where was he going to
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verse 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dm                                          Bb
He was in search of an answer       The nature of what we are
F                                                      C                         G5
   He was trying to do it a new way        He was bright as a star
Dm                                        Bb
   But nobody understood him     "His numbers are not the way"
F                                               C                         G5
He's lost in the deepest enigma     Which no one's unraveled today
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             Dm         F                     G                Dm
But he knew   He knew more than me or you
F                     G           Dm          Bb                C     G5
No one could see his view       Oh Where was he going to
            Dm         F                     G                Dm
And he tried   But before he could tell us he died
F                     G                Dm       Bb                C      G5
When he left us the people cried   Oh, where was he going to
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Solo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dm   F    F    G
Dm   F    F    G
Dm   F    F    G
Dm   F    F    G    D
C         D
C         D
C         Bb   D#   F   C
C#   C    Bb   Bb   C   Bb
F    G    A
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verse 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dm                              Bb
He had a different idea        A glimpse of the master plan
F                                         C                         G5
He could see into the future      A true visionary man
Dm                                                   Bb
But there's something he never told us  It died when he went away
F                                                  C                         G5
If only he could have been with us   No telling what he might say
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             Dm         F                     G                Dm
But he knew   He knew more than me or you
F                     G           Dm          Bb                C     G5
No one could see his view       Oh Where was he going to
           Dm         F                     G                Dm
But he knew  You could tell by the picture he drew
F                     G           Dm          Bb                C     G5
It was totally something new   Oh, where was he going to

Portrait He Knew chords and lyrics

Free chords for Portrait He Knew by Kansas. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Portrait (He Knew)
                                           Kansas
Intro:      D    F/D  |   G/D      Bb/D   |    C/D     Em/D  |
   F/D    Em/D  |  D     F/D  | G/D    Bb/D  | C/D    Em/D   F/D
    Em/D   D   C/D  | A    Cmaj7   Bm   E5   F#m7    E      F#m7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verse 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Solo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dm   F    F    G    
Dm   F    F    G    
Dm   F    F    G    
Dm   F    F    G    D
C         D
C         D
C         Bb   D#   F   C   
C#   C    Bb   Bb   C   Bb
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Portrait He Knew Chords by Kansas

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The chords for "Portrait He Knew" show the original chord names (including D, F/D, G/D, Bb/D, C/D, Em/D). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.