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Everybody Knows

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Gmajor
90BPM
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From "Back Roads and Abandoned Motels" (2018)
Recorded by the Dixie Chicks in 2006.
Written by Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison and Gary Louris of The Jayhawks.
DGCFAD Tuning - Capo: 0
[Intro]
| G| G| C| C| G| D| C| C|
[Verse]
| G| G| D| D|
.. Tell me now, if you came sneakin' up behind ....
| Em| Em| C| C|
.. Would you know me and see behind the smile? ...
| G| G| D| D|
.. I can change like colors on a wall ...
| Em| Em| C|
Hopin' no one else will find what lies beneath it all
| C| C| C|
... I think I hide it, oh, so well
[Chorus]
| G| G| C|
Steppin' out, . everyone can see my face ...
| C| G| D| C| C|
. All the things I can't erase in my life, everybody knows ... ....
| G| G| C|
Standin' out, . so you won't forget my name ...
| C| G| D| C| C|
. That's the way we play this game of life, everybody knows ... ....
[Verse]
| G| G| D|D  
Lookin' through the crowd ... I search for someone else ...
| Em| Em| C| C|
But every time I turn around, I run into myself ...
| G| G| D|D  
.. Here I stand ... consumed by my surroundings
| Em| Em| C|C  
Just another day .. .... of everybody lookin'
| C| C| Am| D|
Swore they'd never see me cry . never see me cry ...
[Chorus]
| G| G| C|
Steppin' out, . everyone can see my face ...
| C| G| D| C| C|
. All the things I can't erase in my life, everybody knows ... ....
| G| G| C|
Standin' out, . so you won't forget my name ...
| C| G| D| C| C|
. That's the way we play this game of life, everybody knows ... ....
[Bridge]
| F| C| G| D   D/B|
. You say I'll pay the price .. ... that's a chance that I'll take .
| F| C| Am| Am|
... Though you may think I---'m tellin' lies ....
| D| D|
I just call it gettin' by
[Chorus]
| G| G| C|
Steppin' out, . everyone can see my face ...
| C| G| D| C| C|
. All the things I can't erase in my life, everybody knows ... ....
| G| G| C|
Standin' out, . so you won't forget my name ...
| C| G| D| C|
. That's the way we play this game of life, everybody knows ...
[Outro]
| C| G| G| Am|
.. Everybody knows ... .. Everybody knows ...
(Everybody knows) (I'm just barely
| C| G| G| Am| C|
.. Everybody knows ... .. Everybody knows ...
getting by) (Everybody knows) (I'm just barely getting by)
| G| G| Am| C|
Everybody knows ... I'm just barely getting by
| G| G| Am| C|
Everybody knows ... I'm just barely getting by
| G| G| Am| C| G|
Everybody knows ... Everybody knows
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