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