Intro: C5 C/F C5 C/F F G


      C       Fmaj9   F6/9
I've heard it said
            C/E
That people come into our lives
      Fmaj9 F6/9
For a reason,
         C/E       F        G
Bringing something we must learn.
    C/E        Fmaj9
And we are led
              Em
To those who help us most to grow,
      Am7
If we let them
       D/F#            G
And we help them in return.
C        F                 Fm          Am/E
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true,
       Ab      Eb
But I know I'm who I am today
Fm7        Eb       Bb
Because I knew you...


Bb     C/E           F
Like a comet pulled from orbit
      Fmaj7     C
As it passes a sun,
         C/E            C/F
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Bb     F             G  G/F
Halfway through the wood,
C/E     Dm7               Em7            Am
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
   F       C/E         F C/E
But because I knew you,
Dm7  C/F      G          C    C/F G
I have been changed for good.


G  C/E      F  Dm7
It well may be
Dm            C
That we will never meet again
Em       F       F6
In this lifetime,
          C/E       F         G
So let me say before we part:
   C/E    F
So much of me
           Em7
Is made of what I learned from you,
    Am7                  D/F#             G
You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart.
C/E    F                  Fm     Am
And now whatever way our stories end,
   Ab      Eb                  Ab
I know you have re-written mine
   Fm7   Eb/Ab
By being my friend...


Bb     C/E            F
Like a ship blown from its mooring
     Fmaj7         C
By a wind off the sea,
       C/E           C/F
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
Bb    F/A     G  G/F
In a distant wood,
C/E     Dm7               Em7             Am7
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
   F       C/E
But because I knew you...
F5     C/E
Because I knew you...
Dm7  C/F           G    Fm7
I have been changed for good...


Fm9         Bb        Eb/G
And just to clear the air,
         Fm7
I ask forgiveness
                    Fm9       Bb      Ebmaj7
For the things I've done you blame me for.
Gm7       Bb                       C       F/A
But then, I guess we know there's blame to share,
    Ebmaj7              Fm7           Bb
And none of it seems to matter anymore.


Bb     C/E            F
Like a comet pulled from orbit (Like a ship blown off it's...)
       C/Bb     C
As it passes a sun, (...mooring, by a wind off the...)
        C/E                 F
Like a stream that meets a boulder, (...sea. Like a seed droped by a...)
 F                   G   G/F
Halfway through the wood.   (...bird in the wood)


C/E                      Em7              Am7
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
F    C/E                 G/D              Am
I do believe I have been changed for the better...
   F       C/E        F
And because I knew you...
F      C/E
Because I knew you...
F         C/E
Because I knew you...
Dm7         C/F    G   C5
I have been changed...
C/F  C5  C/F
For good.


Outro: F G  C