I Always Knew Chords
by The Vaccines
I Always Knew by The Vaccines is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, G, A and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11~---11--9------9--------------------9--12--11--9--------------|
D|---------------12------9-----9--12--12-----------------12--11-----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D Bm
Down, down in my bones
G
Somewhere I'd never ever known
A
Right at the back of my head
D Bm
It hit me like a beam of light
G
Hit me like a hook of the right
A
And I could have fell to the floor
D Bm
'Cause you talk to me and it comes off the wall
Em A
You talk to me and it goes over my head
D Bm
So let's go to bed before you say something real
Em A
Let's go to bed before you say how you feel
D
'Cause it's you
Bm
I always, always knew
Em
I oh, I always knew
A
Oh, it's you
D Bm
I try my best to unwind
G A
Nothing on my mind but you
D Bm
Oblivious to all that I'll owe
G A
I'm hanging on to what I don't know
D Bm
So let's go to bed before you say something real
Em A
Let's go to bed before you say how you feel
D
'Cause it's you
Bm
I always, always knew
Em
I oh, I always knew
A
Oh, it's you
D
Yeah it's you
Bm
I always, always knew
Em
I oh, I always knew
A
Oh, it's you
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B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------9-------------9----------------------|
D|-----9--11--12---9--11--12-----9--11--12-----12--11--9------------|
A|-12-------------------------------------------------------12------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------10------------|
G|-----------------------------9-------------11--9------------------|
D|-----9--11--12---9--11--12-----9--11--12--------------------------|
A|-12---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D
Well it's you
Bm
I always, always knew
Em
I oh, I always knew
A
Oh, it's you
D Bm
I knew, oh I always knew
Em
Yes I always knew
A
Oh, it's you
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------10-|
G|-----------------------------------------12--11--9-----11-9-11-9-11-11-9--------|
D|-----9--12-------9--12--11--9--------9------------------------------------------|
A|-12----------12------------------12---------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|