If you know
what I mean
Bm - A - G - D -
G - A - D
D A D
1. When the night returns just
like a friend,
G A D
when the evening comes to set me free.
G A Bm A
G D
When the quiet hours that wait beyond the
day make,
G Em A
peaceful sounds
in me.
D A D
2. Took
a drag from my last cigarette,
G A D
took
a drink from a glass of old wine.
G A Bm A
G D
I closed my eyes
and I could make it real and
G Em A
feel it one more
time.
Bm A
+ Can you hear it, babe,
can you hear it, babe,
G D A
from
another time, from another place, do you remember it, babe ?
D
Em
And the radio played like a
carnival tune,
G D
as we lay in our bed in the
other room.
G
When we gave it away for the sake of a dream,
Em -
A D - F
in a penny arcade, if you know what I mean,
G D
if
you know what I mean.
D A D
3. And here’s to the songs we
used to sing,
G A D
and
here’s to the times we used to know.
G A Bm A G
D
It’s hard to hold them in our arms again, but
G Em A
hard to let them go.
Bm A
+ Do you hear it, babe,
do you hear it, babe,
G D A
it
was another time, it was another place, do you remember it, babe ?
D
Em
And the radio played like a
carnival tune,
G D
as we lay in our bed in the
other room.
G
When we gave it away for the sake of a dream,
Em - A D - Em - A
in a penny arcade, if you know what I mean.
D - Em - A
+ If you know what I
mean,
D
- Em - A
if
you know what I mean,
D - F - G - D
if
you know what I mean.
(Neil Diamond)