I Knew My Father Knew chords by Sally Deford

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

B minorBm F# minorF#m G+G  A augmentedA


🎸 Verse 1:
  D MajorD          E minor 7Em7      D MajorD        G+G
I watched him with the eager eyes of childhood day by day.
   D MajorD        E minor 7Em7       F# minorF#m       D7D7
The way he lived said more to me than words could ever say.
   G+G        A augmentedA        F# minorF#m         B minorBm
The simple truths he taught me would endure my whole life through
G+G       D MajorD        E minor 7Em7
And long before I knew them for myself
 A7A7       D MajorD   G+G  A augmentedA
I knew my father knew.

🎸 Verse 2:
  D MajorD       E minor 7Em7       D MajorD       G+G
I borrowed his unfailing faith; I trusted in his love.
  D MajorD       E minor 7Em7      F# minorF#m      D7D7
I counted on his courage when my own was not enough.
  G+G         A augmentedA         F# minorF#m      B minorBm
I turned to him for counsel through the perils of my youth.
  G+G      D MajorD        E minor 7Em7
And even when I doubted, still I knew
A7A7       D MajorD   G+G  A augmentedA
I knew my father knew.


🎸 Bridge:
 G+G       A augmentedA       F# minorF#m        B minorBm
I saw his quiet witness in the tears he could not hide
    E minorEm             D MajorD          F# minorF#m
As he taught me of the Savior, how He lived and how He died.
 B minorBm       D MajorD       G+G      D MajorD
I felt the Holy Spirit, as he testified of truth
  A#A#            G minorGm        A augmentedA
As I began to understand the things I knew my father knew.


🎸 Verse 3:
D MajorD        E minor 7Em7       D MajorD       G+G
I have found my father’s faith deep within my soul
D MajorD      E minor 7Em7       F# minorF#m     D7D7
A augmentedA legacy I’ll treasure through eternities untold.
   G+G      A augmentedA       F# minorF#m     B minorBm
And everything I try to be, and everything I do
 G+G      D MajorD          E minor 7Em7
I do because I learned to know and love the things
  A7A7       D MajorD   G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD
I knew my father knew.