I Wish You Knew

Written by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Chorus

F      G
I wish you knew how hard I’ve tried to tell you
G   F                                 C
How hard I’ve tried to get you off my mind
F G
I wish you knew how hard I’ve tried to sleep at night
G       F                          C
Since I know that you’re no longer mine
F             G               C
Since you let another beat my time

Verse

F  C                                               G
If only half the things were true you say about my heart
G    F                          G                C
Then I would have forgotten you since we’ve been apart
F   C                                              G
You said I forced my lips to kiss you when we said goodbye
G                                                  C
You even said I forced the tears that came into my eyes

Verse

C                                                                  G
There’s not a thought that could be worse than knowing that you’re gone
F   G                               F         C
But in the picture in your mind I’m never all alone
C                                                     F
You see me in another’s arms just like I’ve been with you
F  G                                                C
By the way I cry for you each night I only wish you knew