Story Behind The Song

The song springs from my actual young and foolish ways of being argumentative and a know-it-all and the dawning realization that I was just being a bit of a jerk.

Song Description

Man mourns for having pompously scolded others in ignorance. Time has revealed that he didn't really know it all, back when he knew it all.

Lyrics

BACK WHEN I KNEW IT ALL


D maj 9 D13/A G Maj7 C13/G
Vs.1 Sorry about those things I told you
C Maj 7 A7 Bm
Back when I knew it all
D maj 9 G Maj7
And I'm sorry about the way I'd scold you
C Maj 7 A7 Bm
Back when I knew it all

G Maj 7 D Maj 7
I 've had a little time
A min 7 A# dim 7 Bm7 C (flat 5)
To do a lot of thinking
G Maj 7 D Maj 7
I was a little out of line
A min 7 A# dim 7 Bm7 C (flat 5)
And full of contradiction

Em7 A7
I just knew I had the Answer
D Maj 9 G maj 7
I didn't know Him very well
C Maj 7 A7 Bm
Back when I knew it all
G A Bm
Back when I knew it all

G D
(chorus) Right now I see through a mirror dim
G A
But it's not as dark as it was back then
C Maj 7 A7 Bm
Back when I knew it all
G A Bm
Back when I knew it all

C D Em
(Bridge) It must have been hard to keep from laughing out loud
C D E
A joker like me talking so proud
C D Em
It must have been hard to keep a straight face
D C Em
Must have had a lot of confidence in God's grace
C Maj 7 A Bm
Back when I knew it all
G A Bm
Back when I knew it all


(Chorus)


Bill Ross c 1991