IF I’D KNOWN

[Intro – acoustic + steel]

(acoustic guitar, soft pedal steel)

(male vocal 1 – deep, calm)

If I’d known
What I know now

I might’ve stayed
A little longer

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[Verse 1]

(acoustic, light drums)

(male vocal 1 – storytelling)

We were young
Didn’t think

Time could ever
Slip away

Took the moments
As they came

Never thought
They wouldn’t stay

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[Pre-Chorus]

(pedal steel lifts)

(male vocal 2 – slightly higher tone)

Funny how life
Teaches you late

Makes you see
What you couldn’t face

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[Chorus]

(acoustic, steel, harmonies building)

(male vocal 3 – warm lead)

If I’d known
How fast it goes

I would’ve held on
A little closer

(male vocal 2 joins)

If I’d known
What love can be

I would’ve given you
More of me

(band harmonies – all four, soft)

But time don’t wait
And hearts don’t see

What matters most
Till it’s too late

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[Verse 2]

(acoustic continues)

(male vocal 2 – reflective)

I still drive
Past that place

Where we used to
Sit and talk

Now it’s quiet
Different now

Just a memory
That I lost

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[Pre-Chorus]

(male vocal 4 – soft emotional)

Maybe I
Was too young to see

All the things
You gave to me

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[Chorus]

(fuller band, still traditional)

(male vocal 1 + 3 layered)

If I’d known
How fast it goes

I would’ve held on
A little closer

(male vocal 2)

If I’d known
What love can be

I would’ve given you
More of me

(band harmonies – all four)

Time don’t wait
And hearts don’t see

What matters most
Till it’s too late

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[Bridge – stripped]

(acoustic only, very soft steel)

(male vocal 4 – intimate)

Some things don’t come back around

(male vocal 1 joins softly)

Some words stay left unsaid

(male vocal 3)

And all I’ve got now

(all together soft)

Are the thoughts inside my head

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[Final Chorus]

(full band, rich harmonies)

(male vocal 1 lead)

If I’d known
How fast it goes

(all vocals building)

I would’ve held on
A little closer

(male vocal 3 lead)

If I’d known
What love can be

(all vocals)

I would’ve given you
More of me

(band harmonies – full, wide)

Time don’t wait
And hearts don’t see

What matters most
Till it’s too late

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[Outro]

(acoustic fading, pedal steel)

(male vocal 1 – soft)

If I’d known…

Traditional country band ballad, acoustic guitar, pedal steel, light drums, deep male lead, multiple male vocals, rich h