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?
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