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I know him so well
Tim Rice, Benny Andersson og Björn Ulvaeus
"I Know Him So Well" er en duett fra musikalen Chess av Tim Rice, Benny Andersson og Björn Ulvaeus. Den var originalt sunget av Elaine Paige (Florence) og Barbara Dickson (Svetlana) og utgitt i 1984. Whitney Houston ga i 1988 ut en versjon der hun synger sammen med sin mor Cissy.
Forspill
Eb
Bb
Bb/A
Gm
Dm
F
F
F
F
1. vers
Bb
Nothing is so
Nothing is so
F7/C
good it lasts
good it lasts
Bb/D
eternally,
eternally,
Bb
F/A
Gm
Perfect situations
Perfect situations
Gm/F
must go
must go
Eb
wrong,
wrong,
Bb/F
But this has
But this has
F/Eb
never yet pre
never yet pre
Eb
vented me,
vented me,
Bb/D
Cm
Wanting far too
Wanting far too
Cm/Bb
much, for far too
much, for far too
F
long,
long,
2. vers
Bb
Looking back, I
Looking back, I
F7/C
could have played it
could have played it
Bb/D
differently,
differently,
Bb
F/A
Gm
Won a few
Won a few
Gm/F
more moments, Who can
more moments, Who can
Eb
tell,
tell,
Bb/F
But it took
But it took
F/Eb
time to under
time to under
Eb
stand the man,
stand the man,
Bb/D
Cm
Now at least I
Now at least I
Cm/Bb
know I know him
know I know him
F
well
well
Ref
Wasn't it
Bb
good? (Oh so good)
good? (Oh so good)
Wasn't he
Eb/Bb
fine? (Oh so fine)
fine? (Oh so fine)
Isn't it
Ebm/Bb
madness, he can't be
madness, he can't be
Bb
mine?
mine?
Ebm6/Gb
But
Bb
in the end he
in the end he
F/A
needs a little bit
needs a little bit
Gm
more than me,
more than me,
C7/E
More se
More se
Bb/F
curity, He needs his
curity, He needs his
F7/Eb
fantasy and
fantasy and
Eb
freedom,
freedom,
I
Eb/F
know him
know him
F7
so
so
Bb
well
well
Ebm/Bb
Eb/F
F7
3. vers
Bb
No one in your
No one in your
F7/C
life is with you
life is with you
Bb/D
constantly,
constantly,
Bb
F/A
Gm
No one is com
No one is com
Gm/F
pletely on your
pletely on your
Eb
side,
side,
Bb/F
And though I'd
And though I'd
F/Eb
move my world to
move my world to
Eb
be with him
be with him
Bb/D
Cm
Still the gap bet
Still the gap bet
Cm/Bb
ween us is too
ween us is too
F
wide
wide
4. vers
Bb
Looking back, I
Looking back, I
F7/C
could have played it
could have played it
Bb/D
differently
differently
Bb
F/A
Gm
Learned about the
Learned about the
Gm/F
man, before I
man, before I
Eb
fell
fell
Bb/F
But I was
But I was
F/Eb
ever so much
ever so much
Eb
younger then
younger then
Bb/D
Cm
Now at least I
Now at least I
Cm/Bb
know, I know him
know, I know him
F
well
well
Kort ref
Wasn't it
Bb
good? (Oh so good)
good? (Oh so good)
Wasn't he
Eb/Bb
fine? (Oh so fine)
fine? (Oh so fine)
Isn't it
Ebm/Bb
madness, He won't be
madness, He won't be
Bb
mine?
mine?
Bro
Didn't I
C9/E
know?
know?
How it would
Gm
go,
go,
If I
Gm/F
knew from the
knew from the
C
start,
start,
C/Bb
F/A
Why am
Why am
Gm
I
I
F
falling a
falling a
Bb
part?
part?
Ref og slutt
Wasn't it good
Eb/Bb
Wasn't he fine?
Wasn't he fine?
Isn't it
Ebm/Bb
madness, He won't be
madness, He won't be
Bb
mine?
mine?
Ebm/Gb
But
Bb
in the end, He
in the end, He
F/A
needs a little bit
needs a little bit
Gm
more than me,
more than me,
C7/E
More se
More se
Bb/F
curity, He needs his
curity, He needs his
F/Eb
fantasy and
fantasy and
Eb
freedom
freedom
I
Cm7/F
know him
know him
F
so
so
C7/E
well,
well,
It took
Ebm6
time to under
time to under
Bb/D
stand him
stand him
C7
Cm
I
I
Cm7/F
know him
know him
F7
so
so
Bb
well.
well.
Ebm/Bb
Bb