How to Play I Knew This Place on Guitar?

David Mallett - I Knew This Place can be played in the key of F using the F, Bb, C, Gm chords. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let D, G ring open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play I Knew This Place with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

David Mallett - I Knew This Place Chords

Chord reference F, Bb, C, Gm

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

I [F]knew this place, I knew it well, [Bb]every sound and [F]every smell, And [Bb]every time I [F]walked I fell, for the [Gm]first two years or [C]so. [F]There across the grassy yard, [Bb]I a young one [F]runnin’ hard. [Bb]Brown and bruised and [F]battle scarred and [Bb]lost in [C]sweet il[F]lusion.

And [F]from my window I can see the [Bb]fingers of an [F]ancient tree. [Bb]Reaching out it [F]calls to me to [Gm]climb its surly [C]branches. But [F]all my climbing days are gone, and [Bb]these tired legs I’m [F]standin’ on Would [Bb]scarcely dare to [F]leave the spot u[Bb]pon which [C]they are [F]standin’.

And [C]I remember [Bb]every word of [Gm]every voice I [F]ever heard, [Bb]Every frog and [F]every bird, yes, [Gm]this is where it [C]starts. A [F]brother’s laugh, the sighing wind, [Bb]this is where my [F]life begins. [Bb]This is where I [F]learned to use my [Bb]hands and [C]hear my [F]heart.

This [F]house is old, it carries on, like [Bb]verses to an [F]old time song, [Bb]Always changed but [F]never gone, this [Gm]house can stand the [C]seasons. Our [F]lives pass on from door to door, [Bb]dust a crossed the [F]wooden floor, Like [Bb]feather rain and [F]thunder roar, we [Bb]need not [C]know the [F]reason.

And [C]as these thoughts come [Bb]back to me like [Gm]ships across a [F]friendly sea, Like [Bb]breezes blowing [F]endlessly, like [Gm]rivers running [C]deep. The [F]day is done. The lights are low, the [Bb]wheels of life are [F]turning slow And [Bb]as these visions [F]turn and go, I [Bb]lay me [C]down to [F]sleep.

I [F]knew this place, I knew it well, [Bb]every sound and [F]every smell, And [Bb]every time I [F]walked I fell, for the [Gm]first two years or [C]so. [F]The day is done. The lights are low, the [Bb]wheels of life are [F]turning slow And [Bb]as these visions [F]turn and go, I [Bb]lay me [C]down to [F]sleep.

Artist David Mallett

Album David Mallett

Genres Folk

Year 1978

Key F

David Mallett - I Knew This Place can be played in the key of F using the F, Bb, C, Gm chords.

For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let D, G ring open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play I Knew This Place with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.