If I Knew Then What I Know Now Song Lyrics and Chords
If I Knew Then What I Know Now Song Lyrics and Chords by Charlie Rich
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
Recorded by Charlie Rich
Written by Wayne P. Walker and Benny Joy
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If I knew then what
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I know now
I wouldn't
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let you hurt me like you
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do
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I knew then what
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I know now
I'da
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turned around and ran
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away from you
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I'da turned around and
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ran
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away from
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you
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I look back
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over my life
And
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see what a fool I was
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then
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I had it to go
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over
with
I'd never
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make that same
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mistake
again
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I'd never make that
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same
mis
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take
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again
Repeat #1
When
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I met you I
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gave you my heart
When
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all of the loves you
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win
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you just took it and
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broke it apart
And left me
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weeping and crying like a
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baby in his pen
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baby in his
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baby
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pen
If I knew then what
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I know now
I wouldn't
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let you hurt me like you
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do
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I knew then what
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Em
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I know now
I'da
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turned around and ran
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away from you
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I'da turned around and
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ran
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away from
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you
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FAQ
Who sang the the song If I Knew Then What I Know Now?
- The song If I Knew Then What I Know Now was sang by Charlie Rich.
Who is Charlie Rich?
- Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932 - July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, soul, and gospel genres.In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl". "The Most Beautiful Girl" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles charts and earned him two Grammy Awards. Rich was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
