JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "I Knew You When" adalah lagu yang diciptakan oleh Joe South.
Penyanyi Billy Joe Royal adalah yang pertama membawakan lagu ini pada 1965 dalam album berjudul Down in the Boondocks.
Selain Billy, Linda Ronstadt juga pernah melantunkan lagu hit lawas ini.
Joe South sendiri baru merekam versinya untuk album keluaran 1969 bertajuk Games People Play.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Rose Garden - Joe South
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "I Knew You When" oleh Joe South berikut ini.
F
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Dm Eb
I knew you when you were lonely
C# Fm F#
I knew you when you were only
Ab Bbm
A girl all alone without love
F
I knew you when (I knew you when)
Bbm Ab
I knew you when, yeah
You were sad and all alone
F# Ab
You didn't have anyone
Bbm
That you could call your own
Ab
I knew you when, girl
Your heart belonged to only me
F#
I used to be your only love
F
Now, your love is just a memory
F
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah
Dm Eb
I knew you when you were lonely
C# Fm F#
I knew you when you were only
Ab Bbm
A girl all alone without love
F
I knew you when (I knew you when)
Bbm
I knew you when, yeah
Ab
We used to have a lot of fun
F#
But someone else could offer more
Ab Bbm
Now, I'm the lonely one, yeah
Ab
I knew you when, girl
You were just a scared little girl
F#
But that was many tears ago, heh
F
Now, you've come up in the world
F
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Dm Eb
I knew you when you were lonely, yeah, yeah
C# Fm F#
I knew you when you were only
Ab Bbm
A girl all alone without love (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
F
I knew you when (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Dm Eb
But it make you wanna say yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
C# F#m F#
Make you feel alright (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Ab Bbm
Sounds so sweetly that I do (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
F
Gonna get you say it one more time