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I Knew You Before Tabs

(ver. 1)
Dustin Kensrue
I picked this up off of a video i saw of him playing alone in a studio. He plays the 
with the chords so i thought id add those in..it sounds really cool.

The strumming pattern is easy to figure out yourself so ill just put in the chords along 
the little hammer ons along the way.

Tuning: Standard Eadgbe

Intro
------
E

0-0-----|
0-0-----|
0-0-----|
2-0-0h2-|      Intro played 7 times
2-0h2---|
0-0-----|

Verse
------
You were once...
E           C    G    D        E           C  Am  E      E

0-----------0----3----2--2h3-2-0-----------0--0---0------0-|
0-----------1----3----3--3---3-0-----------1--1---0------0-|
0-----------0----0----2--2---2-0-----------0--2---0------0-|
2-------0h2-2----0----0--0---0-2-------0h2-2--2---2--0h2-2-|  Play Twice
2-----0h2---3----2----0--0---0-2-----0h2---3--0---2-0h2--2-|
0-2-3-0-----0----3----0--0---0-0-2-3-0-----0--0---0------0-|

Ohh the magazines..
Am   E      E  Am   E      E

0----0------0--0----0------0---|
1----0------0--1----0------0---|
2----0------0--2----0------0---|
2----2--0h2-2--2----2--0h2-2---|    Play once
0----2-0h2--2--0----2-0h2--2---|
0----0------0--0----0------0-2-|

Chorus
------
but all I can say...
G  G7 C  Am E  B7 E

3--1--0--0--0--2--0------|
3--0--1--1--0--0--0------|
0--0--0--2--0--2--0------|
0--0--2--2--2--1--2--0h2-|  Play Once
2--2--3--0--2--2--2-0h2--|
3--3--0--0--0--0--0------|

Verse
-----
You dream of..

E           C    G    D        E           C  Am  E      E

0-----------0----3----2--2h3-2-0-----------0--0---0------0-|
0-----------1----3----3--3---3-0-----------1--1---0------0-|
0-----------0----0----2--2---2-0-----------0--2---0------0-|
2-------0h2-2----0----0--0---0-2-------0h2-2--2---2--0h2-2-|  Play Twice
2-----0h2---3----2----0--0---0-2-----0h2---3--0---2-0h2--2-|
0-2-3-0-----0----3----0--0---0-0-2-3-0-----0--0---0------0-|

Ohh the magazines..
Am   E      E  Am   E      E

0----0------0--0----0------0---|
1----0------0--1----0------0---|
2----0------0--2----0------0---|
2----2--0h2-2--2----2--0h2-2---|    Play once
0----2-0h2--2--0----2-0h2--2---|
0----0------0--0----0------0-2-|

Chorus
------
but all I can say...
G  G7 C  Am E  B7 E

3--1--0--0--0--2--0------|
3--0--1--1--0--0--0------|
0--0--0--2--0--2--0------|
0--0--2--2--2--1--2--0h2-|  Play Once
2--2--3--0--2--2--2-0h2--|
3--3--0--0--0--0--0------|

Bridge
------
All you want..
Bm C       E

2--0----0--0-|
3--1----3--0-|
4--0----0--0-|
4--2----4--2-|  Play Twice
2--3----5--2-|
0--0----0--0-|

Chorus with a change
--------------------
You drive in...
Dm   Am   Dm   D  G

1----0----1----3--3-|
3----1----3----2--3-|
2----2----2----3--0-|
0----2----0----0--0-|
0----0----0----0--2-|
0----0----0----0--3-|

And all i can say is..

C  C7 F  Dm Am E  Am C  C7 F  Dm Am E  Am

0--0--0--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--1--0~-0~-1~
1--1--1--3--1--0--1--1--1--1--3--1~-0~-2~
0--3--2--2--2--0--2--0--3--2--2--2~-0~-2~
2--2--3--0--2--2--2--2--2--3--0--2~-2~-2~
3--3--0--0--0--2--0--3--3--0--0--0~-2~-2~
0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0~-0~-2~

h=hammer on
~=let ring

This tab is correct according to this video.
It sounds really cool and is fun to play.
ENJOY!
            
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