This Is How I Know
by Ron Sexsmith

Capo 5
Intro:  Dm - C D 

Verse
D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)From the darkness to a seed of light,

D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)From a garden to a sheet of ice.

F#m (244222@1)                  EmFeel (022000@1)you move in every sunrise 

F#m (244222@1)                  EmIn (022000@1)the town with all the leaves;

G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)         DThis (xx0232@1)is now I know you're near me.


D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)  AFrom (x02220@1)the ashes of a broken home

D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)  AI (x02220@1)sent a message to the great unknown.

F#m (244222@1)                   EmThough (022000@1)the music on the radio

F#m (244222@1)          EmCame (022000@1)to set me free; 

G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)      DThis (xx0232@1)is how I know you hear me.


Refrain
D (xx0232@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                    DThis (xx0232@1)is how I know the trials are not in vain.

D (xx0232@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                   DThis (xx0232@1)is how I know We'll rise and love again.

D (xx0232@1)           DmC D (xx0232@1)This is how I know.

Instrumental (same chords as the verse)
Refrain

Verse
D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)  AFrom (x02220@1)a moment to a sea of days,

D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)  AFrom (x02220@1)an ocean to single wave.

F#m (244222@1)                   EmOut (022000@1)of nothing came the miracle

F#m (244222@1)                EmThat (022000@1)brought us into being;

G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)     DThis (xx0232@1)is how I know it will be.

G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)This is how I know, 

Bm (x24432@1)          E (022100@1)This is how I know,

G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)     DThis (xx0232@1)is how I know it will be.


D - Dm - C D (repeat while singing "This is how I know" or "woo woo")
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Or, without a capo replace these:

Intro:  Dm - C D 
Verse
D- (xx0232@1)A- (x02220@1)GD - A- (x02220@1)GF#m (320003@1)- Em
F#m - Em
G- (320003@1)A- (x02220@1)D(Bm (xx0232@1)- E - D)

Refrain  
D - Cmaj7 - D
D - Cmaj7 - D
D- (xx0232@1)Dm- (xx0231@1)C- (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)
... with these:

Intro:  Gm - F - G 
Verse
G- (320003@1)D- (xx0232@1)CG - D- (xx0232@1)CBm (x32010@1)- Am
Bm - Am
C- (x32010@1)D- (xx0232@1)G(Em (320003@1)- A - C)

Refrain  
G - Fmaj7 - G
G - Fmaj7 - G
G- (320003@1)Gm- (355333@1)F- (133211@1)G (320003@1)