• Song:

    Knew A Lass

  • Artist:

    Group Image

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Group Image, "Knew A Lass"
(C) Copyright 1993 Michael Stutz

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CHORD CHART

             Gmaj7                     Am7                        D7

III pos.   x           x             x                     x              x
        +--+--+--+--+--+          +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+
        1  |  |  |  2  |          |  |  |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |  1  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+          +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  3  4  |  |          |  |  |  |  |  |         |  |  2  |  |  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+          +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |          2  |  3  3  3  |         |  3  |  4  |  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+          +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |          |  |  |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |  |  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+          +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+


             G#maj7

III pos.   x              x
        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+
        1  |  |  |  2  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  3  4  |  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+

LYRIC SHEET                                     (casually, dreamy-eyed)

Gmaj
Oh, yeah--

Am7                                      D7


Gmaj7


Am7                                      D7
I once knew a lass,                      liked to smoke grass

Gmaj7
That perky face                          and those thighs

Am7                                      D7
I would memorize

Gmaj7


Am7                                      D7
And this girl,                           made my head whirl

Gmaj7
That's all there was

Am7                                      D7


Gmaj7
                                         Oh, yeah--

Am7                                      D7
She was kinda nuts,                      but there were no "but"s

Gmaj7
I had to have her

Am7                                      D7
It was kinda nice,                       chilled me like ice

Gmaj7
Wakin' up next to her                    Light in the windowsill, yeah . . .

Am7                                      D7
She was the one,                         wore her hair in a bun

Gmaj7
And worked in the garden,                she had a pail, oh yeah . . .

Am7                                      D7
She went shopping for clothes,           they were all old

Gmaj7
Down at Goodwill

Am7                                      D7
Didn't know that I sang,                 Didn't know that it rang

Gmaj7
Outta key, too -- oh yeah                Love it I love it, all--

Am7                                      D7
Just got a pencil,                       on a paper, and you just

Gmaj7
write it, write it on down,              Round, round round and round . . .

Am7                                      D7
Didn't like tv,                          just you and me, baby

Gmaj7
She was from the country

Am7                                      D7
She knew a little french,                got my monkeywrench

Gmaj7
And made some magic                      Can't find magic

Am7                                      D7
It's all over now                        Don't even know how, but my baby's

Gmaj7
gone.  She's gone, she's gone, and that's all right, it's all right because I'm

Am7                                      D7
Sittin' around,                          I'm not up I'm not down -- Just

Gmaj7
gettin' by, gettin' high, driving around and around in the sky yeah

Am7                                      D7
Some say it's crazy,                     others lazy, but I

Gmaj7
know.  I know, I know, I know, I know,   I know -- you just gotta

Am7                                      D7
Do it all up there again someday,        You might get lucky, today I know

             Gmaj7
She's comin' back

Gmaj7
Gunny sack, gunny sack, gunny gunny sack--      And she's

Am7
She was the one

D7                                               Gmaj7
Wore her hair in the bun, and I ain't tellin' no more

              G#maj7  Gmaj7
No, no no no--

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Of the 93.08.26 recording, there's two versions of the intro -- a long,
unedited one and a shorter one without all of the "let's see here -- what
kinda chords we got here" dialogue.  The chord pattern is the same for
this intro.

A 1987 Fender Stratocaser (stock pickups, rosewood neck, jumbo frets, Kahler
tremolo, cream colored) was also used, plugged directly into the board (a
Yamaha MT-120 4-track recorder).

A Group Image demo tape (also released under the GPL) can be ordered for
$4 (Canada $5, World $7) cash or money order (US check made out to Michael
Stutz) from Michael Stutz, PO BOX 542, BEREA OH 44017-0542 USA. (This is
information dated as of 95.01.18 -- verify before ordering from
at118@po.cwru.edu.)
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