I Knew You When chords by Bob Seger

Intro:
F Bb C F x2

Verse 1:

F                             Bb
In the ancient middle fifties,

C                   F
the closin' sixties roar

F                              Bb
I was caught up in your passion

  C                  F
I could only beg for more

F               Bb
And if I had a dollar bill

    C              F
I'd give it to you then

F                    Bb
So I could tell the whole wide world

    C               F
One day I knew you when

F Bb C F x2

Verse 2:

F                           Bb
With your dangerous charisma

     C                F
Your thundering attack

 F                    Bb
You charged the very air I breathe

    C               F
And kept me coming back

 F                           Bb
You helped me through my darkest hours

     C                F
You always were my friend

 F                    Bb
You gave me hope to carry on

  C                  F
Because I knew you when

Bridge:

Bb                  Am                  Bb                 F
I knew you when the mountain tops were right beneath your feet

 Bb                F                    C
When artistry and freedom were complete

F                   C                Am        Bm  F  Bb
Before you were an icon, before they all tuned in

           C              F
You could say I knew you when

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Verse 3:

F                              Bb
We all sit here with our memories,

     C                F
of a glorious long ago

         F                      Bb
When our heroes seemed immortal,

C                 F
were they really so

      F                        Bb
It's a question for a wiser man

    C                F
I will not ask again

        F            Bb
I will only say I'm grateful

          C                 F
For the time I knew you when

Outro:

            F                 Bb
I knew you when (I knew you when)

C               F
Oh, I knew you when

F                            Bb
I knew you when (I knew you when)

C               F
Yeah I knew you when

F Bb C F x2


F                            Bb
I knew you when (I knew you when)

C               F
Yeah I knew you when