Key: C
Introduction:
C
Tinted hair and painted lips
G7
Polish on your fingertips
C
I hardly knew it was you
Shabby dress and worn out gloves
G7
A shadow of the girl I love
C
I hardly knew it was you
F C
You once said that you would have no one
D7 G7
Now no one will ever have you
C
A life of hardship and disgrace
G7
I see it written on your face
C
I hardly knew it was you
Custom jewels and cheap perfume
G7
You're like a rose that's lost its bloom
C
I hardly knew it was you
G7
You have changed dear through and through
C
I hardly knew it was you
F C
We could have lived our lives together
D7 G7
But your heart had a mind all its own
C
What a pity what a shame
G7
I don't know who's to blame
C
But I hardly knew it was you