Bob Seger – I Knew You When chords

[Intro]
F Bb C F x2

[Verse 1]
F                             BbIn the ancient middle fifties,
C                   Fthe closin' sixties roar
F                              BbI was caught up in your passion
  C                  FI could only beg for more
F               BbAnd if I had a dollar bill
    C              FI'd give it to you then
F                    BbSo I could tell the whole wide world
    C               FOne day I knew you when

F Bb C F x2

[Verse 2]
F                           BbWith your dangerous charisma
     C                FYour thundering attack
 F                    BbYou charged the very air I breathe
    C               FAnd kept me coming back
 F                           BbYou helped me through my darkest hours
     C                FYou always were my friend
 F                    BbYou gave me hope to carry on
  C                  FBecause I knew you when

[Bridge]
Bb                  Am                  Bb                 FI knew you when the mountain tops were right beneath your feet
 Bb                F                    CWhen artistry and freedom were complete
F                   C                Am        Bm  F  BbBefore you were an icon, before they all tuned in
           C              FYou could say I knew you when

F Bb C F x2

[Verse 3]
F                              BbWe all sit here with our memories,
     C                Fof a glorious long ago
         F                      BbWhen our heroes seemed immortal,
C                 Fwere they really so
      F                        BbIt's a question for a wiser man
    C                FI will not ask again
        F            BbI will only say I'm grateful
          C                 FFor the time I knew you when

[Outro]
            F                 BbI knew you when (I knew you when)
C               FOh, I knew you when
F                            BbI knew you when (I knew you when)
C               FYeah I knew you when

F Bb C F x2

F                            BbI knew you when (I knew you when)
C               FYeah I knew you when