I Wish You Knew by The Louvin Brothers
Album:  Radio Favorites 1951 - 1957 CD - 1987
Lyrics and Music:  Ira and Charlie Louvin
Country Music Foundation Records
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCOzu0PTYlE&t=842s
Standard Tuning
Key: C


[Chorus]
         
I wish you kne

w
   
How hard I've 

tried to tell 

you
            
How hard I've 

              
tried to get y

          
ou off my mind
         
I wish you kne

w
   
How hard I've 

tried to sleep

 at night
            
Since I know t

              
hat you're no 

       
longer mine
             
Since you let 

             
another beat m

  
y time


[Verse 1]
            
If only half t

              
he things were

              
 true you say 

         
about my heart
            
Then I could h

              
ave forgotten 

             
you, since we'

        
ve been apart
            
You said I for

              
ced my lips to

              
 kiss you when

         
 we said goodb

ye
             
You said I eve

              
n forced the t

              
ears that came

         
 into my eyes


[Chorus]
         
I wish you kne

w
   
How hard I've 

tried to tell 

you
            
How hard I've 

              
tried to get y

          
ou off my mind
         
I wish you kne

w
   
How hard I've 

tried to sleep

 at night
            
Since I know t

              
hat you're no 

       
longer mine
             
Since you let 

             
another beat m

  
y time


[Instrumental--Mandolin and Electric Steel Guitar]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  


[Verse 2]
             
There's not a 

              
thought that c

              
ould be worse 

              
than knowing t

           
hat you're gon

e
            
But in the pic

              
ture in my min

             
d you're never

     
 all alone
             
You see me in 

              
another's arms

              
 the way I've 

          
been with you
            
The way I cry 

              
for you at nig

              
ht I only wish

     
 you knew


[Chorus]
         
I wish you kne

w
   
How hard I've 

tried to tell 

you
            
How hard I've 

              
tried to get y

          
ou off my mind
          
I wish you kne

w
   
How hard I've 

tried to sleep

 at night
            
Since I know t

              
hat you're no 

       
longer mine
             
Since you let 

             
another beat m

  
y time