I Never Knew Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays394

I Never Knew by Roy Orbison is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, Dbm, Gbm, Bm, B, Em, A7, F and Db. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			

Intro: A D E A E 

#1. 
  A     Dbm      Gbm      E 
I never knew how much I'd miss your touch  
         Bm         
till you said goodbye. 
E  B    E 
I never knew you'd hurt me too, till you made  
   A 
me cry. 
E  A     Dbm    Gbm      Em         Bm      D 
It never seemed you ever dreamed of hurting me  

this way. 
    A                         E             Dbm 
You said, we're through, what could I do, I never  
A   D A A7 
knew. 

Bridge: 
    D                  A          D 
You left and you went away, after saying, never  
            E   F 
ever let me go, ohhh. 

#2. 
A         Dbm  Gbm        Em       D 
Now, it's over and you're gone and I'm alone to  

cry. 
    A         E                       Db    A   D A A7 
Oh, yes, it's true, how I love you, I never knew. 

Bridge: 
    D                  A          D 
You left and you went away, after saying, never  
            E   F 
ever let me go, ohhh. 

#3. 
A         Dbm  Gbm        Em       D 
Now, it's over and you're gone and I'm alone to  

cry. 
    A         E                       Db    A    
Oh, yes, it's true, how I love you, I never knew. 

OUTRO: 
  D      E    A 
I never, ever knew. 


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante