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Everybody Knows

Leonard Cohen

#transcribed by f91-jsc@nada.kth.se
#Jan-Erik Schuch
Everybody  Dm knows that the dice are loaded.
Everybody  Bb rolls with their fingers crossed.
Everybody  Dm knows the war is over.
Everybody  Bb knows the good guys lost.
Everybody  Gm knows the fight was  A fixed:
The poor stay  C poor, the rich get  Dm rich.
That's how it  Eb goes. A   Everybody  Dm knows.
Everybody  Dm knows that the boat is leaking.
Everybody  Bb knows the captain lied.
Everybody  Dm got this broken feeling
like their  Bb father or their dog just died.
Everybody  Gm talking to their  A pockets.
Everybody  C wants a box of  Dm choc'lates
and a long stem  Eb rose. A   Everybody  Dm knows.
Everybody  Dm knows that you love me, baby.
Everybody  Bb knows that you really do.
Everybody  Dm knows that you've been faithful,
Bb give or take a night or two.
Everybody  Gm knows you've been discret, A
But there were so many  C people you just had to  Dm meet
without your  Eb clothes. A   And everybody  Dm knows.
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Everybody  F knows. Everybody  C knows. That's how things  Dm goes. C        Bb Everybody  F knows.
Everybody  F knows. Everybody  C knows. That's how it  Dm goes. C         Bb Everybody  F knows.
Dm And everybody  Dm knows that it's now or never.
Everybody  Bb knows that's me or you.
And everybody  Dm knows that you live forever
when you've  Bb done a line or two.
Everybody  Gm knows the deal is  A rotten:
Old black  C Joe's still picking  Dm cotton
for your ribbon and  Eb bows.  A   And everybody  Dm knows.
Everybody  Dm knows that the plague is coming.
Everybody  Bb knows that it's moving fast.
Everybody  Dm knows that the naked man and the woman
are just a  Bb shining artifact of the past.
Everybody  Gm knows the scene is  A dead,
But there's gonna  C be a meter on your  Dm bed
that will dis Eb close A   What everybody  Dm knows.
And everybody  Dm knows that you're in trouble.
Everybody  Bb knows what you've been through,
from the bloody  Dm cross on top of Calvary
to the  Bb beach of Malibu.
Everybody  Gm knows it's coming a A part:
Take one  C last look at this sacred  Dm heart
before it  Eb blows.  A   And everybody  Dm knows.
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