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Dont Know How It Goes

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Standard Tuning
(If you don't want to play in C, Capo 5 and play in G: C=G G=D F=C E=B)
Key- C  
Verse-
CTheres a sonGg people are siFngin
CAnybody whos anGybody knowFs
CAnd all the wGhole wide world is sFingin
CBut I doGnt know how it goFes
Chorus-
CDuh-duGh-duFh-dCuh-Gduh
FHeaven knows, how it goes
Verse-
CThe Preacher sGings his from the wFord of god
CThe addict hGums his through his nFose
CIts like a rhEythm how she giFves her heart away
CJust keepin tGempo I sFuppose
CI can hear the Gbeggar sing it from the sFtreet
CLyrics wrGitten on a sign he hoFlds
CYeah, I can hGear the whole world siFngin
CBut I dont knGow how it goeFs
Chorus
Bridge-
And maybe whats ahead is anybodys gueCss oh GohF  
And Im not so alone in my lonelinCess oh GohF  
Yeah I guess no one really kAmnows oGh oh FohF  G  
Chorus x2
Outro-
CAnd theres a soGng people are siFngin

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Dont Know How It Goes

by Julian Smith

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning

(If you don't want to play in C, Capo 5 and play in G: C=G G=D F=C E=B)

Key-

Verse-

C G F

Theres a song people are singin

C G F

Anybody whos anybody knows

C G F

And all the whole wide world is singin

C G F

But I dont know how it goes

Chorus-

C G F C G

Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh

Heaven knows, how it goes

Verse-

C G F

The Preacher sings his from the word of god

C G F

The addict hums his through his nose

C E F

Its like a rhythm how she gives her heart away

C G F

Just keepin tempo I suppose

C G F

I can hear the beggar sing it from the street

C G F

Lyrics written on a sign he holds

C G F

Yeah, I can hear the whole world singin

C G F

But I dont know how it goes

Chorus

Bridge-

C G F

And maybe whats ahead is anybodys guess oh oh

C G F

And Im not so alone in my loneliness oh oh

Am G F F G

Yeah I guess no one really knows oh oh oh

Chorus x2

Outro-

C G F

And theres a song people are singin

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