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Intro:    G    Em(x4)
We all knowG  Em  
That the wind blowsG  Em  
And the moon glowsG  Em  
And our lungs growG  Em  
CWe belong to the floating hand
       A7...
that's made by some animals,
And we all dance soG  Em  
We can let goG  Em  
And remove clothesG  Em  
And trade lobesG  Em  
CLike the type of tongue that roots from your breast
       A7...
and it shakes your pretty little clavicle,
A good friendG  Em  
Is walkingG  Em  
To a homelandG  Em  
An inside landG,Em  
And to him you can say
CLeave your eyes at the horizon's dead door cause you
A7...
won't need them anymore,
The childrenG  Em  
Da da da di dum spend the dawningG  Em  
Da da da di dum and the morningG  Em  
Da da da di ra disappearingG  Em  
CThey reappeared as the seed of love
you know the A7earth births the vegetablesG,Em  
We all know G(x4)Em  
Outro: (Enter horn section)
GDa dum da dum Emda da da... etc
Chords:
       G               Em
       D   Du  u   Hp    D   Du  u  Du
e ---3--3-3--3-------0--0-0--0-0-0--------|
B ---3--3-3--3-------0--0-0--0-0-0--------|
G ---0--0-0--0-------0--0-0--0-0-0--------|
D ---0--0-0--0-0-2-0-2--2-2--2-2-2--------|
A ---2--2-2----------2--2-2----2-2--------|
E ---3--3-3----------0--0-0----0-0--------|
       G               Em
       D   Du  u   Hp    D   Du  u   Hp
e ---3--3-3--3-------0--0-0--0------------|
B ---3--3-3--3-------0--0-0--0------------|
G ---0--0-0--0-------0--0-0--0------------|
D ---0--0-0--0-0-2-0-2--2-2--2-0-2-0------|
A ---2--2-2----------2--2-2---------------|
E ---3--3-3----------0--0-0---------------|
     d Cux d ux d ux d ux d ux d ux d ux d ux A7d...(let ring)
e -------------------------------------------------------|
B --(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)---2-----------|
G --(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)---0-----------|
D ---2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2-----------|
A ---3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----0-----------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|
Attempted made as far as possible to correspond the chord
Fingerpicked/strummed (of course)
d= down strum

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We All Know

by Devendra Banhart

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G Em

Intro: (x4)

G Em

We all know

G Em

That the wind blows

G Em

And the moon glows

G Em

And our lungs grow

We belong to the floating hand

...

that's made by some animals,

G Em

And we all dance so

G Em

We can let go

G Em

And remove clothes

G Em

And trade lobes

Like the type of tongue that roots from your breast

...

and it shakes your pretty little clavicle,

G Em

A good friend

G Em

Is walking

G Em

To a homeland

G Em

An inside land,

And to him you can say

Leave your eyes at the horizon's dead door cause you

...

won't need them anymore,

G Em

The children

G Em

Da da da di dum spend the dawning

G Em

Da da da di dum and the morning

G Em

Da da da di ra disappearing

They reappeared as the seed of love

A7 G Em

you know the earth births the vegetables,

G Em

We all know (x4)

Outro: (Enter horn section)

G Em

Da dum da dum da da da... etc

Chords:

G Em

D D H D D D

u u p u u u

e ---3--3-3--3-------0--0-0--0-0-0--------|

B ---3--3-3--3-------0--0-0--0-0-0--------|

G ---0--0-0--0-------0--0-0--0-0-0--------|

D ---0--0-0--0-0-2-0-2--2-2--2-2-2--------|

A ---2--2-2----------2--2-2----2-2--------|

E ---3--3-3----------0--0-0----0-0--------|

G Em

D D H D D H

u u p u u p

e ---3--3-3--3-------0--0-0--0------------|

B ---3--3-3--3-------0--0-0--0------------|

G ---0--0-0--0-------0--0-0--0------------|

D ---0--0-0--0-0-2-0-2--2-2--2-0-2-0------|

A ---2--2-2----------2--2-2---------------|

E ---3--3-3----------0--0-0---------------|

C A7

d ux d ux d ux d ux d ux d ux d ux d ux d...(let ring)

e -------------------------------------------------------|

B --(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)---2-----------|

G --(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)---0-----------|

D ---2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2-----------|

A ---3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----0-----------|

E -------------------------------------------------------|

Attempted made as far as possible to correspond the chord

Fingerpicked/strummed (of course)

d= down strum

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