Chords
Portrait He Knew

Key: D

Introduction:  D   F/D   G/D   Bb/D   C/D   Em/D  

difficulty
intermediate |||||
 Dm                                                                           Bb 
        He had a thousand ideas,           You might have heard his name
 F                                                                                     C                                                           G5 
      He lived alone with his vision,     Not looking for fortune and fame
 Dm                                                                                   Bb 
Never said too much to speak of           He was off on another plane
 F                                                                                                               C                               G5 
The words that he said were a mystery   Nobody's sure he was sane
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                           Dm                 F                                         G                               Dm 
But he knew     He knew more than me or you
 F                                         G                     Dm             Bb                               C         G5 
No one could see his view             Where was he going to
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 Dm                                                                                   Bb 
He was in search of an answer             The nature of what we are
 F                                                                                                           C                                                 G5 
      He was trying to do it a new way               He was bright as a star
 Dm                                                                               Bb 
      But nobody understood him         "His numbers are not the way"
 F                                                                                             C                                                 G5 
He's lost in the deepest enigma         Which no one's unraveled today
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                           Dm                 F                                         G                               Dm 
But he knew     He knew more than me or you
 F                                         G                     Dm                   Bb                               C         G5 
No one could see his view             Oh Where was he going to
                         Dm                 F                                         G                               Dm 
And he tried     But before he could tell us he died
 F                                         G                               Dm             Bb                               C           G5 
When he left us the people cried     Oh, where was he going to
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 Dm                                                           Bb 
He had a different idea               A glimpse of the master plan
 F                                                                                 C                                                 G5 
He could see into the future           A true visionary man
 Dm                                                                                                     Bb 
But there's something he never told us   It died when he went away
 F                                                                                                   C                                                 G5 
If only he could have been with us     No telling what he might say
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                           Dm                 F                                         G                               Dm 
But he knew     He knew more than me or you
 F                                         G                     Dm                   Bb                               C         G5 
No one could see his view             Oh Where was he going to
                       Dm                 F                                         G                               Dm 
But he knew   You could tell by the picture he drew
 F                                         G                     Dm                   Bb                               C         G5 
It was totally something new     Oh, where was he going to