If I Knew Me Then chords by Paulina Jayne

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: B

Intro:

G   C G
G   C G


Verse 1:
      G                         D/F#
I was sixteen the night that he kissed me
               Em                D         C
Sittin’ in the front seat of his daddy’s 4x4
                 G                         D/F#
He was two years older, I was just a place holder
                  Em               D           C
I let him take me farther than I’d ever been before
           Em                 D/F#                 C
I held the tears back when he walked me to the door

Chorus:
N.C. G                   C
If I knew me then like I know me now
         D                    C          G
That’s a road that I would’ve never gone down
       G                       C
I’d've drawn that line, I’d've held my ground
     D                   C       G   C G    G   C G
If I knew me then like I know me now


Verse 2:
        G                         D/F#
College came and I did my best to fit in
                Em                   D                C
A stranger in a strange land cause I wasn’t one of them
          G                             D/F#
All those girls that I tried so hard to be like
               Em                  D             C
Partying those late nights wantin’ them to be my friends
         Em               D/F#           C
I had to learn to like me just the way I am


Chorus:
N.C. G                   C
If I knew me then like I know me now
         D                    C          G
That’s a road that I would’ve never gone down
       G                           C
I’d've hit those brakes, turned my car around
     D                   C       G
If I knew me then like I know me now


Bridge:
   D/F    Em                            D/F#
Listen to mama, have a milkshake when I wanna
                       G                             C
Stay away from all the drama and know a boy from a man
                     G                                         D/F#
I wouldn't sweat the small stuff, love the girl that they made fun of
                         Em              D               C
She was a diamond in the rough but now I finally understand
               Em N.C. D/F# N.C.          C N.C.
Life deals the cards
we just play our hand


Chorus:
N.C.     G                   C
But if I knew me then like I know me now
          D                     C          G
There are roads that I would’ve never gone down
      G                       C
But I tell myself things will all work out
     D                   C       G
If I knew me then like I know me now


Outro:
   G   C
Mmmmm    just how
          D                   C       G   C G
If only I knew me then like I know me now