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
Bb C F A Dm F Bb
Before you were an icon, before they all tuned in
C F
You could say I knew you when
F Bb C F x2
[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
