I Know Him So Well - Whitney Houston, guitar chords

Published: 2019-01-05 16:17
Selection chords: Sarah Harris

Intro:G

  G              D       G
Nothing is so good it lasts eternally,
 Em         D         C
perfect situations must go wrong.
G                D     C
But this has never yet prevented me,
      Am                C    D
from wanting far too much, for far too long.

  G               D         G
Looking back, I could have done it differently,
  Em                D    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                              C
Wasnʼt it good (wasnʼt it good), wasnʼt it fine
(wasnʼt it fine)
       Cm          G   D
isnʼt it madness, he canʼt be mine.
   G              D             Em   A
But in the end, he needs a little bit more than before,
  G                  D         C       G
Security (he needs fantasy and freedom). I know him so well !

 Am   G   D   G       D       G
No one in your life is with you constantly,
Em               D   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 couldʼve played it differently,
 Em              D    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                      C
Wasnʼt it good (oh, so good), wasnʼt it fine (so fine),
        Cm            G
isnʼt it madness, he canʼt be mine.
         Em   A       Em
Didnʼt I know,   how it would go,
                    A     D         D7
if I knew from the start, why am I falling (apart)
       C        Em   A   C   Am   G
it took some time to understand him,
ooh, I know him so well.