Back When I Knew It All Montgomery Gentry Montgomery Gentry "Back When I Knew it All" Back When I Knew It All, 2008 In some of the lines in the verses, the G after the Em is optional. In the recorded track, it's just an Em, but when you're playing it solo, it sounds better to play the G after. This is also true for the asterisked A chords in the verses. Intro: D A Em G [D] [A] [G] VERSE 1 [D]At the ripe old [A]age of [Em]nine[G]teen D A Em G* I bought a short bed pickup chicks machi (azchords.com)