• Song:

    Everybody Knows

  • Artist:

    Leonard Cohen

  • Album:

    Essential Leonard Cohen

D5
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded. 
          Bb5
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed. 
          D5
Everybody knows the war is over. 
          Bb5
Everybody knows the good guys lost. 
          G5                  A5
Everybody knows the fight was fixed: 
              C5                  D5
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich. 
              Eb5   A5           D5
That's how it goes.  Everybody knows. 
          D5
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking. 
          Bb5
Everybody knows the captain lied. 
          D5
Everybody got this broken feeling 
           Bb5
like their father or their dog just died. 
          G5               A5
Everybody talking to their pockets. 
          C5              D5
Everybody wants a box of choc'lates 
                Eb5   A5           D5
and a long stem rose.  Everybody knows. 
          D5
Everybody knows that you love me, baby. 
          Bb5
Everybody knows that you really do. 
          D5
Everybody knows that you've been faithful, 
Bb5
give or take a night or two. 
          G5                        A5
Everybody knows you've been discret, 
                       C5                      D5
But there were so many people you just had to meet 
             Eb5      A5              D5
without your clothes. And everybody knows. 
          F5                C5                        D5   C5
Everybody knows. Everybody knows. That's how things goes. 
Bb5        F5
Everybody knows. 
          F5                C5                    D5   C5
Everybody knows. Everybody knows. That's how it goes. 
 Bb5        F5
 Everybody knows. 
 D5            D5
?And everybody knows that it's now or never. 
          Bb5
Everybody knows that's me or you. 
              D5
And everybody knows that you live forever 
            Bb5
when you've done a line or two. 
          G5                A5
Everybody knows the deal is rotten: 
          C5                   D5
Old black Joe's still picking cotton 
                    Eb5   A5               D5
for your ribbon and bows.  And everybody knows. 
          D5
Everybody knows that the plague is coming. 
          Bb5
Everybody knows that it's moving fast. 
          D5
Everybody knows that the naked man and the woman 
           Bb5
are just a shining artifact of the past. 
          G5                 A5
Everybody knows the scene is dead, 
                  C5                  D5
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed 
             Eb5   A5                D5
that will disclose  What everybody knows. 
              D5
And everybody knows that you're in trouble. 
          Bb5
Everybody knows what you've been through, 
                D5
from the bloody cross on top of Calvary 
       Bb5
to the beach of Malibu. 
          G5                 A5
Everybody knows it's coming apart: 
         C5                        D5
Take one last look at this sacred heart 
          Eb5    A5               D5
before it blows.  And everybody knows.
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