Intro
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[Verse 1]
C F
In the ancient middle fifties,
G C
the closin' sixties roar
C F
I was caught up in your passion
G C
I could only beg for more
C F
And if I had a dollar bill
G C
I'd give it to you then
C F
So I could tell the whole wide world
G C
One day I knew you when
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[Verse 2]
C F
With your dangerous charisma
G C
Your thundering attack
C F
You charged the very air I breathe
G C
And kept me coming back
C F
You helped me through my darkest hours
G C
You always were my friend
C F
You gave me hope to carry on
G C
Because I knew you when
[Bridge]
F Em F C
I knew you when the mountain tops were right beneath your feet
F C G
When artistry and freedom were complete
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Before you were an icon, before they all tuned in
G C
You could say I knew you when
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[Verse 3]
C F
We all sit here with our memories,
G C
of a glorious long ago
C F
When our heroes seemed immortal,
G C
were they really so
C F
It's a question for a wiser man
G C
I will not ask again
C F
I will only say I'm grateful
G C
For the time I knew you when
[Outro]
C F
I knew you when (I knew you when)
G C
Oh, I knew you when
C F
I knew you when (I knew you when)
G C
Yeah I knew you when
C F G C x2
C F
I knew you when (I knew you when)
G C
Yeah I knew you when