Chords for Emitt Rhodes If I Knew then

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[C#m] If [C] I knew then [B] what I know [Em] now, [C#m] the [Am] world would have frozen [Em] in my face.
[Am] Every hair on my head [D#] would have stood on [G] end.
[C#m] Every nerve [Am] I have in [E] pain. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] I've [C] run out of [B] love and hope and [Em] both.
_ [C#m] I [Am] could not be so [Em] blind.
_ _ [Am] These days I [D#m] take a closer [G] look [C#m] and I [Am] read between [E] the lines.
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[Am] If I [F#] knew then [D#] _
what I _ [Em] know now, _ [Am] I'd make _ _ [F#m] _ amends.
[D#] I'd _ [D#] change [Em] somehow. _
[Am] I wouldn't give my heart [F#m] _ to _
[B] just anyone.
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[Am] If I knew _ [F#m] then _ _ [C] what _ [B] was [E] to come. _ _
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[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] I [C] gave my [B] trust and I could [Em] pay.
_ [C#m] How [C] could I be [Em] so dumb?
_ _ [Am] I wish I had loved [D#m] not once but [G] twice.
[C#m] Let [C] the hands [E] hail and run.
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[Am] If I _ [F#m] knew then _ [D#] what I [Em] know now, [Am] I'd _ _ [F#] make amends.
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I'd _ change [Em] somehow. _
[Am] I wouldn't give my heart [F#m] _ _ _
[B] to just [F#] anyone.
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[Am] If I knew then [F#] _ _ [D#] _
[C] what _ [B] was [E] to come.
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[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ Abandon all [D] hope or you will be here.
[Bm] The future is dark [Em] and we're not clear.
[Am] And your faith may be [Bm] worse than [D] you might [E] fear.
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[Am] If I _ [F#m] knew then _ [D#m] what I [Em] know now, [Am] I'd make _ _ [F#m] amends. _ _
[B] I'd [A] change [E] somehow. _ _
I wouldn't [Am] give my heart [F#m] _ _ _
[B] to just anyone.
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[Am] If I knew [F#m] then _ _ [C] what _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [D#] was _
[C] _ [B] to _ [Em] come. _ _
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