I Know What I Know
written and performed by Paul Simon
from "Graceland."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.
C F G C F G C
F G
She looked me over
And I guess she thought
C
I was all right
F G
All right in a sort of a limited way
C
For an off-night
F G
She said don't I know you
C
From the cinematographer's party?
F G
I said who am I
C
To blow against the wind?
F G
I know what I know
C
I'll sing what I said
F G
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
C
In the back of my head
F G
I know what I know
C
I'll sing what I said
F G
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
C F G C F G C
In the back of my head
F G
She said there's something about you
C
That really reminds me of money
F G
She was the kind of a girl
Who could say things that
C
Weren't that funny
F G
I said what does that mean
C
I really remind you of money?
F G
She said who am I
C
To blow against the wind?
F G
I know what I know
C
I'll sing what I said
F G
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
C
In the back of my head
F G
I know what I know
C
I'll sing what I said
F G
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
C F G C F G C
In the back of my head
F G
She moved so easily
C
All I could think of was sunlight
F G
I said aren't you the woman
C
Who was recently given a Fulbright?
F G
She said don't I know you
C
From the cinomatagrapher's party
F G
I said who am I
C
To blow against the wind?
F G
I know what I know
C
I'll sing what I said
F G
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
C
In the back of my head
F G
I know what I know
C
I'll sing what I said
F G
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
C F G C F G C
In the back of my head
Repeat and fade:
F G C
I know what I know
F G C
I know what I know
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