I know him so well    (intro)    (midi)    (sample)

 

     C - G - Em - Bm    - D - D7 - D - D7

 

1. Florence:

      G                    D                 G

    Nothing is so good it lasts eternally,

    Em                                        C

    perfect situations must go wrong,

G                       D                  C

    but this has never yet prevented me,

    Am                      C                      D

    wanting far too much for far too long.

 

      G                      D                             G

    Looking back I could have played it differently,

     Em                                                    C

    won a few more moments, who can tell ?

G                   D                    C

    But it took time to understand the man,

      Am                    C                        D

     now at least I know, I know him well.

 

                     G

F: Wasn't it good ? S: Oh, so good !

                      C

F: Wasn't he fine ?  S: O,h so fine !

                Cm                                        G      - Cm

F: Isn't it madness ? Both: He can't be mine.

          G                      D                      Em                     A

F: But in the end he needs a little bit more than me, more

     G                                  D                  C

security. S: He needs his fantasy and freedom.

               D                 G    - Cm - C - D

Both: I know him so well.

 

2. Svetlana:

     G                     D                      G

    No one in your life is with you constantly,

    Em                                          C

    no one is completely on your side.

 

 

 

 

 

G                          D                        C

    And though I move my world to be with him,

    Am                      C                    D

    still the gap between us is too wide.

       G                    D                              G

    Looking back I could have played it differently,

     Em                                              C

     learned about the man before I fell,

G                  D                     C

    but I was ever so much younger then,

    Am                    C                         D

    now at least I know, I know him well.

 

                      G

S: Wasn't it good ? F: Oh, so good !

                       C

S: Wasn't he fine ? F: Oh, so fine !

                Cm                                           G

S: Isn't it madness ? Both: He won't be mine.

              Em                         C

Didn't I know, how it would go ?

       Em                   A   - A7    D           D7        G

If I knew from the start,        why am I falling apart ?

 

G                                 - C

    S: Wasn't it good ?         Wasn't he fine ?

                Cm                                           G      - Cm

F: Isn't it madness ? Both: He won't be mine

           G                      D                     Em                     A

F: But in the end he needs a little bit more than me, more

     G                                  D                  C

security. S: He needs his fantasy and freedom.

               D                Em                   C                    G           - Em - Am

Both: I know him so well. S : It took time to understand him.

               D                 G   - C - G

Both: I know him so well. 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Elaine Paige & Sarah Brightman, from “Chess)