You Never Know

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You Never Know - Wilco
Intro / Verse Riff:
E F# E F# E D A
e-0-000-0-000-0-000-22-22
B-0-000-0-000-0-000-33-22
G-1-111-2-111-2-111-22-22
D-2-222-4-222-4-222-00-00
A-2-222-4-222-4-222-xx-00
E-0-000-0-000-0-000-xx-xx
E F# E
Come on children You're acting like children
E D A E
Every generation Thinks it's the end of the world [Riff]
E F# E
Well all you fat followers get fit fast
F# E D A D A E
Every generation thinks it's the last thinks it's the end of the world [Riff]
D A
There's a dream down a well
D A
There's a lone heavy hell
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
D A
It's a fear we transcend
D A
If we're here at the end
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
E
Cause you never know [Riff]
E F# E
Come on kids you're acting like children
F# E D A E
Act your age put back the black metals and pearls [Riff]
E F# E
All ya sword-swallowers pull yourselves together
F# E D A D A E
Every generation thinks its the worst thinks it's the end of the world [Riff]
D A
It's a secret I can't tell
D A
There's a wish down a well
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
D A
It's a long heavy hell
D A
Super-size it by 10
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
E
You never know [Riff]
E
You never know [Riff]
D A
It's a dear to transcend
D A
Everyone here, at the end
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
Em7 A
I don't care anymore
E
You never know [Riff]
End on E
Notes: The "F#" chord is not a full chord...basically keep the E shape but stretch
those bottom two fingers down to the 4th fret while keeping the index finger on the 2nd fret.

You Never Know chords and lyrics

Free chords for You Never Know by Wilco. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

You Never Know - Wilco
End on E
Notes: The "F#" chord is not a full chord...basically keep the E shape but stretch 
those bottom two fingers down to the 4th fret while keeping the index finger on the 2nd fret.

You Never Know Chords by Wilco

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