Portrait (He Knew) — Kansas
Chords and lyrics for Portrait (He Knew) by Kansas (key of F).
Verse 1
Portrait (He Knew)
Kansas
Intro: D F/D | G/D Bb/D | C/D Em/D |
[F/D] [Em/D] [D] [F/D] [G/D] [Bb/D] [C/D] [Em/D] [F/D]
[Em/D] [D] [C/D] [A] [Cmaj7] [Bm] [E5] [F#m7] [E] [F#m7]
[Dm] He had a thousand ideas, You [Bb]might have heard his name
[F] He lived alone with his vision, Not [C]looking for fortune and fame
[G5]
[Dm]Never said too much to speak of He was [Bb]off on another plane
[F]The words that he said were a mystery Nobody's sure he [C]was sane
[G5]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But he knew [Dm] He knew [F]more than me or you[Dm][G]
[F]No one could see his [G]view [Dm]Where was [Bb]he going to[G5][C]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verse 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Dm]He was in search of an answer The [Bb]nature of what we are
[F] He was trying to do it a new way He was [C]bright as a star
[G5]
[Dm] But nobody understood him "His [Bb]numbers are not the way"
[F]He's lost in the deepest enigma Which no [C]one's unraveled today
[G5]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But he knew [Dm] He knew [F]more than me or you[Dm][G]
[F]No one could see his [G]view Oh[Dm] Where was [Bb]he going to[G5][C]
And he tried[Dm] But [F]before he could tell us he[G] died[Dm]
[F]When he left us the [G]people cried Oh, [Dm]where was[Bb] he going to[G5][C]
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[Dm] [F] [F] [G]
[Dm] [F] [F] [G]
[Dm] [F] [F] [G]
[Dm] [F] [F] [G] [D]
[C] [D]
[C] [D]
[C] [Bb] [D#] [F] [C]
[C#] [C] [Bb] [Bb] [C] [Bb]
[F][G][A]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verse 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Dm]He had a different idea A[Bb] glimpse of the master plan
[F]He could see into the future A true [C]visionary man[G5]
[Dm]But there's something he never told us It died when [Bb]he went away
[F]If only he could have been with us No telling [C]what he might say
[G5]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But he knew [Dm] He knew [F]more than me or you[Dm][G]
[F]No one could see his [G]view Oh[Dm] Where was [Bb]he going to[G5][C]
But he knew[Dm] You could[F] tell by the picture [G]he drew[Dm]
[F]It was totally [G]something new Oh,[Dm] where was [Bb]he going to[G5][C]
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