Original version is sung in the Key of E using a Capo on Fret 2
Nowadays Jonathan Kelly plays it as Open (could be an age thing)
You can watch the Jonathan work this song at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MkKxypC5fU
(From the Album - Twice Around The Houses 1972 – Jonathan Kelly
.. PS .. Every Track on this Album is a Gem for any Singer/Guitarist)
<<<<<< I Used To Know You >>>>>>
Intro: Pick (using 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4 etc with 1 being open string4)
Chords are normal D then G at fret 3 (3 string F Style) ~ then A at fret 5
back to G ~ then to the normal D position and repeat
D G A G D G G A G (Pause after this and sing unaccompanied until ‘know’)
D Dmaj7 G A7
I used to know you - better than your brother
D Dmaj7 G A7
Used to know you - when you were my friend
Bm F#m
And we walked barefoot on the ground
Bm F#m
And our knees were always brown
E E7 Asus A
And we were only happy when together
D Dmaj7 G A7
You used to know me - better than the others
D Dmaj7 G A7
Used to know me - we were quite inseparable
Bm F#m
Except when it was night
Bm F#m
Even then you wondered why
E E7 Asus A
I was not allowed to sleep in your house
F C G Bb
But lately when I pass you on the street I wonder why
F C G A A+G A+F# A+E
Neither of ever tries to catch the others eye ah i eye
D Dmaj7 G A7
I used to know you - better than your brother
D Dmaj7 G A7
Used to know you - remember all those plans we made
Bm F#m
Forever we should play
Bm F#m
And together we should stay
E E7 Asus A
But we never planned one day we'd be like strangers
D Dmaj7(at Fret5) G A D
Cause I used to know you
*** Note the Walk Down Bass String6 in [eye ah i eye] section A A+G Bass A+F# Bass A+E Bass
Enjoy JKerry