Chords:
{t:I Knew This Place}
{artist:David Mallett}
{key:G}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPA63L1vF7Y Capo on 2
{c: Thanks Don Orgeman with updates by Steve Hayes}
I [G] knew this place, I [D7] knew it [G] well, [C] every sound and [G] every smell,
And [C] every time I [G] walked I fell, for the [Am] first two years or [D7] so.
[G] There across the [D7] grassy [G] yard, [C] I a young one [G] runnin' hard.
[C] Brown and bruised and [G] battle scarred and [C] lost in [D7] sweet il-[G]lusion.
{c: }
And [G] from my window [D7] I can [G] see the [C] fingers of an [G] ancient tree.
[C] Reaching out it [G] calls to me to [Am] climb its surly [D7] branches.
But [G] all my climbing [D7] days are [G] gone, and [C] these tired legs I'm [G] standin' on
Would [C] scarcely dare to [G] leave the spot u-[C]pon which [D7] they are [G]standin'.
{c: }
And [D7] I remember every word of [Am] every voice I [G] ever heard,
[C] Every frog and [G] every bird, yes, [Am] this is where it [D7] starts.
A [G] brother's laugh, the [D7] sighing [G] wind, [C] this is where my [G] life begins.
[C] This is where I [G] learned to use my [C] hands and [D7] hear my [G] heart.
{c: }
This [G] house is old, it [D7] carries [G] on, like [C] verses to an [G] old time song,
[C] Always changed but [G] never gone, this [Am] house can stand the [D7] seasons.
Our [G] lives pass on from [D7] door to [G] door, [C] dust a crossed the [G] wooden floor,
Like [C] feather rain and [G] thunder roar, we [C] need not [D7] know the [G] reason.
{c: }
And [D7] as these thoughts come back to me like [Am] ships across a [G] friendly sea,
Like [C] breezes blowing [G] endlessly, like [Am] rivers running [D7] deep.
The [G] day is done. The [D7] lights are [G] low, the [C] wheels of life are [G] turning slow
And [C] as these visions [G] turn and go, I [C] lay me [D7] down to [G] sleep.
{c: }
I [G] knew this place, I [D7] knew it [G] well, [C] every sound and [G] every smell,
And [C] every time I [G] walked I fell, for the [Am] first two years or [D7] so.
[G] The day is done. The [D7] lights are [G] low, the [C] wheels of life are [G] turning slow
And [C] as these visions [G] turn and go, I [C] lay me [D7] down to [G] sleep
{c:Slower}
And [C] as these visions [G] turn and go, I [C] lay me [D7] down to [G] sleep .. [Gsus4]|[G]
