If You Know What I Mean Chords
by Neil Diamond
If You Know What I Mean by Neil Diamond is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, A, G, D, Em and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Bm A G D G A D
D A D
When the night returns just like a friend,
G A D
when the evening comes to set me free.
G A Bm A G D
When the quiet hours that wait beyond the day make,
G Em A
peaceful sounds in me.
D A D
Took a drag from my last cigarette,
G A D
took a drink from a glass of old wine.
G A Bm A G D
I closed my eyes and I could make it real and
G Em A
feel it one more time.
Bm A
Can you hear it, babe? Can you hear it, babe?
G D A
From another time, from another place, do you remember it, babe?
D Em
And the radio played like a carnival tune,
G D
as we lay in our bed in the other room.
G
When we gave it away for the sake of a dream,
Em A D F
In a penny arcade, if you know what I mean.
G D
If you know what I mean.
D A D
And here to the songs we used to sing,
G A D
and here to the times we used to know.
G A Bm A G D
It hard to hold them in our arms again, but
G Em A
hard to let them go.
Bm A
Can you hear it, babe? Can you hear it, babe?
G D A
From another time, from another place, do you remember it, babe?
D Em
And the radio played like a carnival tune,
G D
as we lay in our bed in the other room.
G
When we gave it away for the sake of a dream,
Em A D Em A
In a penny arcade, if you know what I mean.
D Em A
If you know what I mean,
D Em A
if you know what I mean,
D F G D
if you know what I mean.
If you know what I mean, babe, if you know what I mean.