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