Apr182024

John Batdorf & Michael McLean – Don’t You Know Chords

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These are chords by John Batdorf & Michael McLean on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D    Bm7        G
        Do, do, do,
             A
do, do, do, do
       D Dsus2 D
Do, do do        do
        Bm7
do, do do... do
        G       A
Do, do, do, do, do,
         D  Dsus2  D
 do, do, do

[Chorus]
          D Dsus2 D
Don't you know,    can′t
     Bm7
you see
        G             A
I'm not who I used to be
          D Dsus2 D
Don't you know,    can′t
     Bm7
you see
          G
What your love has
A       D     D
 made of me

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[Bridge]
A             D
Of the broken pieces
            D/C#
of my life
          Bm
You could see all I could
 Gbm7        G
be if I was whole
            A
Then you so tenderly
 connected
        G
All the fragments of
               A      A
 my misdirected soul

[Chorus]
          D Dsus2
Don′t you know,
D          Bm7
 can't you see
        G              A
I′m not what I used to be
          D Dsus2
Don't you know,
D          Bm7
 can′t you see
          G
What your love has
  A       D
 made of me, ya

[Interlude]
D
  (Don't you know,
Bm7             G  A
  can't you see)
D
  (Don't you know,
Bm7            Bm G
 Can't you see.
 A         D     Dsus2 D
(Don't you know)

[Bridge]
A                D
How can I ever return
                   D/C#
 the love you gave
          Bm
When it's more that
        Gbm7         G
 I have ever known before
       A
Oh you know I′ll keep
               G
on tryin' (Forever)

'Cause that's what
      A         A
forever′s for

[Outro]
          D
Don′t you know,
            Bm7
 can't you see
          G
What your love is
         A
 making me
          D
Don′t you know,
           Bm7
 can't you see
          G
What your love has
 A       D
 made of me
          D
Don′t you know,
           Bm7
can't you see
        G             A
I′m not who I used to be
          D
Don't you know,
           Bm7
can't you see
         G        A
How your love has set
    D      D
 me free

How to play Don’t You Know: key, chords and progression

Don’t You Know by John Batdorf & Michael McLean is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 8 chords: D, Bm7, G, A, Dsus2, D/C#, Bm and Gbm7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – Bm7 – G – A (I – vi7 – IV – V in D major), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm7, Bm and Gbm7 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.