I Knew You Before


Artist: Dustin Kensrue Song: I Knew You Before Album: Please Come Home [note: this is written out for one guitar instead of a guitar and a bass, consult the other versions if you do have a bass for parts of the verse, you can listen for it, the chords here in the verse replace that.) Verse: (* means one beat per chord) Em* D/F#* G* Am* C* C* C* C* Pre-Chorus: Am(4 measures) Em (x4) Am (x4) Em(x4) Chorus: G(x2) G7(x2) C(x2) Am(x2) Em(2x) B7(x2) Em (4x) [Verse 2x] [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] Bridge(x2): Bm C D (half measure) Em (Half Measure) Key Change: Dm Am Dm D G Final Chorus: C C7 F Dm Am E Am **It should be noted that on several Em chords throughout the song, Dustin Kensrue uses hammeron that goes like this: e--------------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------| D---------------------0------2h--------------| A------0-----2h------------------------------| E--------------------------------------------| 3 + 4 + The strum pattern goes something like this: [A number(1,2,3, or 4) means a down stroke, and a plus sign means an upstroke, also a dash indicates a "miss" or unstrummed arm swing. Basically, 1+2+3+4+ translates one measure and is said aloud as "one and two and three and 4 and...", while 1-2+3+4- would be said aloud as "one miss two and three and 4 miss..."] 1-2--+4+1-2 When using the hammer-on, it looks like this: 1-2--+4+1-2- 3+4+ The part on the far right, the 3+4+ is the hammer-on notes. As you always should, listen to the song and compare with this, I'm certain this is accurate. Comments, questions, etc? email me @ sonicgeek123 (AT) hotmail (dot) com