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