I Know Him So Well original guitar chords by
Elaine Paige
Barbara Dickson
Chess 
Key: Bb major
Intro 1
Eb
Bb
Gm
Dm
F
F
F
Cm
F
Verse 1
Bb
F7/C
Bb/D
Bb
Bb/A
Nothing it so good it lasts eternally
Gm
Eb
Perfect situations must go wrong
Bb/F
F/Eb
Eb
But this has never yet prevented me
Cm
F
Wanting far too much for far too long
Bb
F7/C
Looking back, I could have
Bb/D
Bb
Bb/A
played it differently
Gm
Eb
Won a few more moments, who can tell
Bb/F
F/Eb
But it took time
Eb
Eb/D
to understand the man
Cm
Cm/Bb
F
Now at least I know I know him well
Chorus 1
Bb
Ebm/Gb
He can't be mine
Bb
F/A
But in the end he needs a little bit
Gm
C7/E
Bb/F
more than me, more security
F/Eb
Eb
(His fantasy and freedom)
F7sus4
F
I know him so well
Bb
Ebm/Bb
F7sus4
F
Verse 2
Bb
F7/C
No one in your life
Bb/D
Bb
Bb/A
is with you constantly
Gm
Gm/F
Eb
No one is completely on your side
Bb/F
F/Eb
And though I move my world
Eb
Eb/D
to be with him
Cm
Cm/Bb
F
Still the gap between us is too wide
Bb
F7/C
Looking back, I could have
Bb/D
Bb
Bb/A
played it differently
Gm
Gm/F
Eb
Learned about the man before I fell
Bb/F
F/Eb
Eb
Eb/D
But I was ever so much younger then
Cm
Cm/Bb
F
Now at least I know I know him well
Chorus 2
Em7b5
Gm
Didn't I know, how it would go?
Gm/F
C
C/Bb
If I knew from the start
F/A
Gm7
F
Why am I fa lling apart?
Bb
Ebm/Gb
He won't be mine
Bb
F/A
But in the end he needs a little bit
Gm
C7/E
Bb/F
more than me, more security
F/Eb
Eb
(His fantasy and freedom)
F7sus4
F7
I know him so well
C/E
Ebm6
Bb/D
C7
It took time to understand him,
Cm7
F7sus4
F7
Bb
Bb
I know him so well
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