When I Knew chords by Eleanor Friedberger

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) I could see
the tops of her white socks
Dm 
Just  (D minor) beneath the desk
C 
Her pants  (C major) didn't reach all
Dm 
the way  (D minor) down her legs
F 
And you know  (F major) what happened next
Em 
 (E minor) I said hi politely and we went
G 
 (G major) to time for coffee

Verse 2

Yeah yeah yeah that was when I knew

That was when I knew I was

wrong wrong wrong all along

That was when I knew, yeah

That was when I knew

Verse 3
C 
They said we  (C major) both write weird music
Dm 
And she played  (D minor) me Soft Machine
C 
And  (C major) lent me a record that badly warped
Dm 
which screwed  (D minor) up everything
F 
I was  (F major) broke, just fifteen
Em 
I scoured  (E minor) London for a replacement
G 
I found it cheap  (G major) in an Oxford
Street basement

Verse 4
F 
Yeah yeah yeah  (F major) that was when I knew
G 
 (G major) That was when I knew I was
Em 
 (E minor) wrong wrong wrong wrong
G 
 (G major) That was when I knew, yeah
F 
That  (F major) was when I knew

Interlude 1

Verse 5
C 
I met  (C major) her in my bedroom
Dm 
Oh at a party,  (D minor) Halloween
C 
And she was wearing  (C major) a pair of overalls
Dm 
So I sang  (D minor) "Come On Eileen"
F 
I was  (F major) be ing slightly mean
Em 
And  (E minor) that just made her smile
G 
Which made  (G major) me feel childish

Verse 6
F 
Yeah yeah yeah  (F major) that was when I knew
G 
Em 
 (G major) That was when I knew  (E minor) I
was wrong wrong wrong
G 
 (G major) That was when I knew, yeah
F 
That  (F major) was when I knew

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) We played a song for scratch that night
Dm 
And when  (D minor) she done up singing
C 
She  (C major) just took off, stage left
Dm 
And left  (D minor) us there winging it
F 
The band  (F major) went down swinging
Em 
As she made  (E minor) her exit, arms in the air
G 
I caught  (G major) her eye, I was unprepared

Verse 8
Dm 
When I  (D minor) couldn't get her out of my head
C 
So I  (C major) got her out of hers instead
Dm 
F 
No I could (D minor) n't get her out of my head  (F major) 
Em 
C 
So  (E minor) I got  (C major) her out of hers instead
Dm 
I know I couldn't  (D minor) get her out of my head
A 
And then we  (A major) ended up

Interlude 2

in...

Verse 9
C 
 (C major) She glided by on antique roller skates
Dm 
And  (D minor) overtook our car
C 
Just  (C major) down the street
Dm 
Up  (D minor) from where we parked
F 
Just  (F major) south of Market
Em 
In the Castro  (E minor) sun she seemed to glisten
G 
And  (G major) when she spoke I listened

Verse 10
F 
Yeah yeah yeah  (F major) that was when I knew
G 
 (G major) That was when I knew I was
Em 
 (E minor) wrong wrong wrong
G 
 (G major) That was when I knew, yeah
F 
 (F major) That was when I knew