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I Knew I Loved You
Artist: Savage Garden
Album: Affirmation
Transcribed by: Ginger (fireinsidetheman@hotmail.com)
Format: Guitar tabulature
Riff 1
E|------0--0--|(0)----0--------------|---------2----4----5--|
B|2--3--------|----------3--------2--|(2)-------------------|
G|------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|(5)----5--4------0--|(0)--2--0------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------|
G|--------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------------|---------------------|
A|--------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------------|---------------------|
Play Riff 1 one time for the introduction.
Riff 2
E|----0--------2----|-------------0----|
B|----2--------3----|----2--------3----|
G|----2--------2----|----2--------2----|
D|----2--------4----|----2--------4----|
A|----0--------2----|----4-------------|
E|------------------|------------------|
For the first verse ("Maybe it's intuition..."), play Riff 2 four times.
Riff 3
E|----2-------------|----0--------0----|----2-------------|----0----------------|
B|----3--------2----|----3--------0----|----3--------2----|----3----2--3--0--0--|
G|----2--------2----|----2--------1----|----2--------2----|----2----------------|
D|----4--------2----|----4--------2----|----4--------2----|----4----------------|
A|----2--------4----|-------------2----|----2--------4----|---------------------|
E|------------------|-------------0----|------------------|---------------------|
Play Riff 3 once for the prechorus ("I know that it might...")
Riff 4
E|----0--------2----|----0--------0----|-------------------|----0--------0----|
B|----2--------3----|----3--------0----|----2--3---3-------|----3--------0----|
G|----2--------2----|----2--------1----|-------------------|----2--------1----|
D|----2--------4----|----4--------2----|-------------------|----4--------2----|
A|----0--------2----|-------------2----|-------------------|-------------2----|
E|------------------|-------------0----|-------------------|-------------0----|
you before I met you I think I dreamed you in to life I knew I loved
E|----0---------------|------------------0----|-------------------|
B|-------3----2----0--|(0)--2--0---------0----|----2--3---3-------|
G|--------------------|-----------2------1----|-------------------|
D|--------------------|------------------2----|-------------------|
A|--------------------|------------------2----|-------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------0----|-------------------|
you be-fore I met you I have been waiting all my life
Riff 5
E|0-----------0--------|
B|3--3-----3-----------|
G|2-----2--------------|
D|4--------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Play Riff 4 once for the chorus, and then play Riff 5 once.
Riff 6
E|----0--------2----|------------------------|
B|----2--------3----|----2--------0--2--3----|
G|----2--------2----|----2-------------------|
D|----2--------4----|----2-------------------|
A|----0--------2----|----4-------------------|
E|------------------|------------------------|
For the second verse ("There's just no..."), play Riff 6 once and then Riff 2
three times.
Riff 7
E|----2-------------|----0--------0----|----2-------------|0--------0--------------|
B|----3--------2----|----3--------0----|----3--------2----|3-----3-----2--3--0--0--|
G|----2--------2----|----2--------1----|----2--------2----|2--2--------------------|
D|----4--------2----|----4--------2----|----4--------2----|4-----------------------|
A|----2--------4----|-------------2----|----2--------4----|------------------------|
E|------------------|-------------0----|------------------|------------------------|
Play Riff 7 once for the prechorus.
Riff 8
E|0---------0--0----------|
B|3------3-----0-------0--|
G|2---2--------1----1-----|
D|4------------2----------|
A|-------------2----------|
E|-------------0----------|
Play Riff 4 once for the chorus, and then play Riff 8 once.
Riff 9
E|4--------2--------|0--------0----0----|2--------0--------|0--------0--------|4--------2--------|
B|5--------3--------|3--------2----0----|2--------3--------|2--------0--------|5--------3--------|
G|4--------2--------|2--------2----4----|2--------2--------|2--------1--------|4--------2--------|
D|6--------4--------|4--------2----2----|2--------4--------|2--------2--------|6--------4--------|
A|4--------2--------|---------0----X----|4-----------------|0--------2--------|4--------2--------|
E|------------------|--------------4----|2-----------------|---------0--------|------------------|
Ooooh........ ahhh...... Thousand angels dance around you ooh...
E|0--------0----0----|2--------0--------|0----------------0--|(0)--------0--------1--1--|
B|3--------2----0----|2--------0--------|3-------------3-----|--------3-----3--4--------|
G|2--------2----4----|2--------1--------|2----------2--------|-----2--------------------|
D|4--------2----2----|2--------2--------|4-------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------0----X----|4--------2--------|--------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------4----|2--------0--------|--------------------|--------------------------|
ahhh...... I'm complete now that I found you... I knew I loved...
Play Riff 9 once during the bridge.
Riff 10
E|----1--------3----|-------------1----|----1--------3----|6--5--1--1------1----|
B|----3--------4----|----6--------1----|----3--------4----|----------------1----|
G|----3--------3----|----3--------2----|----3--------3----|----------------2----|
D|----3--------5----|----5--------3----|----3--------5----|----------------3----|
A|----1--------3----|----6-------------|----1--------3----|---------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
you before I met you I think I dreamed you into life I knew I loved
E|----1--------3----|-------------1----|----1--------3----|6v------------1----|
B|----3--------4----|----6--------1----|----3--------4----|--------------1----|
G|----3--------3----|----3--------2----|----3--------3----|--------------2----|
D|----3--------5----|----5--------3----|----3--------5----|--------------3----|
A|----1--------3----|----6-------------|----1--------3----|-------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
you before I met you I have been waiting all my life I knew I loved
Play Riff 10 once.
Riff 11
E|----1--------3----|-------------1----|
B|----3--------4----|----6--------1----|
G|----3--------3----|----3--------2----|
D|----3--------5----|----5--------3----|
A|----1--------3----|----6-------------|
E|------------------|------------------|
Play Riff 11 six times, then play the first four bars of Riff 10. Play Riff
11 until fade.