Verse
D#
Running from the suburbs
G
Skipping heartbeats
Ab Gm
Living by our own front teeth
D#
Put my faith into a number
G
And push the odds aside
Ab
We swore we'd make it out alive
Ab
But you lied
[Pre-chorus 1]
A# Fm
An old dream still haunts me
D# Cm
G time machine
[Chorus]
Ab Ab
I knew you then
D# A# G
Ripped jeans in a playground of cement
Ab
I knew you then
D# A# G
Gold rings, but you never could commit
[Interlude 1]
D# Cm G Ab
D# Cm G Ab
[Verse 2]
D# G
I heard you're living somewhere upstate with a new life
Ab Gm
Is that really what you had in mind?
D# G
But I don't wanna let go, and watch it all unfold
Ab
I couldn't if I even tried, and I tried
[Pre-chorus 2]
A# Fm
You left me stuck sixteen
D# Cm
Without a time machine
[Chorus]
Ab Ab
I knew you then
D# A# G
Ripped jeans in a playground of cement
Ab
I knew you then
D# A# G
Gold rings, but you never could commit
Ab D# A# G Fm D# A#
I knew you then, I knew you then
[Interlude 2]
D# Cm Gm
D# Cm Gm
D# Cm G Ab
D# Cm G Ab
D# Cm G Ab
D# Cm G Ab
[Bridge]
Ab A# Fm A#
I knew you then, I knew you then
[Chorus]
N.C. Ab
I knew you then
D# A# G
Ripped jeans in a playground of cement
Ab
I knew you then
D# A# G
Gold rings, but you never could commit
Cm G Ab Cm G Ab
I knew you then, I knew you then
[Outro]
D# Cm G Fm
D# Cm G Gm