When I Met You
When I Met You

When I Met You chords by David Bowie

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    • Intro 1








    Verse 1
    You 
    knew 
    just 
    everything 

    But 
    nothing 
    at 
    all 

    Now 
    the 
    moon 
    is 
    dark 

    Feels 
    like 
    pain 
    again 

    You 
    could 
    feel 
    my 
    breath 

    You 
    opened 
    my 
    eyes 

    For 
    I 
    could 
    not 
    see 

    When 
    I 
    met 
    you 

    Verse 2

    When 
    I 
    met 
    you (you're feeling 
    again) 

    I 
    could 
    not 
    speak 

    (you're drowning 
    in 
    pain) 

    You 
    opened 
    my 
    mouth 

    (you're walking 
    in 
    mist) 

    You opened 
    my 
    heart 

    (you're living 
    again) 

    My spirit 
    rose 
    (she tore 
    you 
    down) 

    The 
    marks 
    and stains 

    (happens all the 
    same) 

    Could 
    not 
    exist 
    (you were 
    afraid) 

    When I 
    met 
    you 

    Now 
    it's 
    all 
    the 
    same 

    (now it's all 
    the same) 

    It's all 
    the same 
    (it's all the 
    same) 

    The sun 
    is 
    gone 
    (the sun 
    is gone) 

    It's 
    all 
    the same 
    (it's all the same) 

    But 
    when 
    I 
    met 
    you 

    (but when 
    I met 
    you) 

    When 
    I 
    met 
    you 
    (when I 
    met 
    you) 

    When 
    I 
    met 
    you 
    (when I met 
    you) 

    When 
    I 
    met 
    you 

    (when I met 
    you) 

    Verse 3
    When I 
    met 
    you 

    You 
    were 
    afraid 
    (when I 
    met 
    you) 

    She stole 
    your 
    heart (when I 
    met 
    you) 

    You 
    don't 
    understand 

    (when I met 
    you) 

    Should 
    be 
    ashamed 
    (when I 
    met 
    you) 

    You 
    should have 
    walked (I was 

    the walking 
    dead) 

    She 
    tore 
    you down 

    (I was kicked 
    in 
    the 
    head) 

    Verse 4
    She 
    tore 
    you 
    down 

    The edge 
    had 
    become 

    The center 
    of 
    my 
    world 

    The seams 
    of 
    my 
    life 

    The streams 
    of 
    daydream 

    Like 
    the 
    wounds 
    of 
    a friend 

    Not 
    the 
    kiss 
    of 
    a 
    foe 

    The peck 
    of 
    a 
    blackened 
    eye 

    A lie 
    for 
    the crown 

    Verse 5
    When 
    I 
    met 
    you 

    I 
    could 
    not 
    speak 

    How I 
    met 
    you 

    Then 
    I 
    met 
    you 

    My 
    spirit 
    rose 
    (you're feeling 
    again) 

    My 
    kind 
    of 
    truth 

    (you're drowning 
    in pain) 

    Could 
    not 
    exist 
    (you are afraid) 

    When I 
    met 
    you 

    Now 
    it's 
    all 
    the 
    same 

    (now it's 
    all 
    the same) 

    It's 
    all 
    the same 
    (it's all 
    the same) 

    The sun 
    is 
    gone 
    (the sun 
    is gone) 

    It's 
    all 
    the same 
    (it's all the same) 

    But 
    when 
    I 
    met 
    you 

    (but when 
    I met 
    you) 

    When 
    I 
    met 
    you 
    (when I met 
    you) 

    When 
    I 
    met 
    you 
    (when I met 
    you) 

    When 
    I 
    met 
    you 
    (when I met 
    you) 

    Verse 6
    When I 
    met 
    you (you 
    were 
    afraid) 

    When I 
    met 
    you (she stole 
    your 
    heart) 

    I was 
    the 
    walking 
    dead 

    (she tore 
    you down) 

    I was 
    kicked 
    in 
    the 
    head 

    (she tore 
    you 
    down) 

    It was 
    such 
    a time 
    (when I met 
    you) 

    It 
    was such 
    a 
    time 
    (when I 
    met you) 

    I 
    was 
    crushed 
    inside 
    (when I 
    met you) 

    I was 
    torn 
    inside 

    When 
    I 
    met 
    you 
    (when I met 
    you) 

    When 
    I 
    met 
    you 
    (when I met 
    you) 

    I was 
    too 
    insane 
    (I was too insane) 

    Could 
    not 
    trust 
    a 
    thing 

    (could not trust 
    a thing) 

    I was 
    off 
    my 
    head 
    (I was off my 
    head) 

    I was 
    filled 
    with 
    truth 
    (I was filled with 
    truth) 

    It 
    was 
    not 
    god's 
    truth 

    (it was not god's 
    truth) 

    Before 
    I 
    met 
    you 
    (before I met you) 


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