Easy Version
| Intro: |
| C#m Ab C#m C#m |
| C#m |
| Everybody knows that the dice are loaded |
| A |
| Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed |
| C#m |
| Everybody knows that the war is over |
| A |
| Everybody knows the good guys lost |
| F#m Ab |
| Everybody knows the fight was fixed |
| B C#m |
| The poor stay poor, the rich get rich |
| D Ab |
| That's how it goes |
| C#m |
| Everybody knows |
| C#m |
| Everybody knows that the boat is leaking |
| A |
| Everybody knows that the captain lied |
| C#m |
| Everybody got this broken feeling |
| A |
| Like their father or their dog just died |
| F#m Ab |
| Everybody talking to their pockets |
| B C#m |
| Everybody wants a box of chocolates |
| D Ab |
| And a long stem rose |
| C#m |
| Everybody knows |
| C#m |
| Everybody knows that you love me baby |
| A |
| Everybody knows that you really do |
| C#m |
| Everybody knows that you've been faithful |
| A |
| Ah give or take a night or two |
| F#m Ab |
| Everybody knows you've been discreet |
| B |
| But there were so many people |
| C#m |
| You just had to meet |
| D Ab |
| Without your clothes |
| C#m |
| And everybody knows |
| E B |
| Everybody knows, everybody knows |
| C#m B |
| That's how it goes |
| A E |
| Everybody knows |
| E B |
| Everybody knows, everybody knows |
| C#m B |
| That's how it goes |
| A E C#m |
| Everybody knows |
| C#m |
| And everybody knows that it's now or never |
| A |
| Everybody knows that it's me or you |
| C#m |
| And everybody knows that you live forever |
| A |
| Ah when you've done a line or two |
| F#m Ab |
| Everybody knows the deal is rotten |
| B C#m |
| Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton |
| D Ab |
| For your ribbons and bows |
| C#m |
| And everybody knows |
| C#m |
| And everybody knows that the |
| C#m |
| Plague is coming |
| A |
| Everybody knows that it's moving fast |
| C#m |
| Everybody knows that the naked man and woman |
| A |
| Are just a shining artifact of the past |
| F#m Ab |
| Everybody knows the scene is dead |
| B C#m |
| But there's gonna be a meter on your bed |
| D Ab |
| That will disclose |
| C#m |
| What everybody knows |
| C#m |
| And everybody knows that you're in trouble |
| A |
| Everybody knows what you've been through |
| C#m |
| From the bloody cross on top of Calvary |
| A |
| To the beach of Malibu |
| F#m Ab |
| Everybody knows it's coming apart |
| B C#m |
| Take one last look at this Sacred Heart |
| D Ab |
| Before it blows |
| C#m |
| And everybody knows |
| Bridge: |
| A C#m C#m C#m x4 |
| E B |
| Everybody knows, everybody knows |
| C#m B |
| That's how it goes |
| A E |
| Everybody knows |
| E B |
| Everybody knows, everybody knows |
| C#m B |
| That's how it goes |
| A E |
| Everybody knows |
| E B |
| Everybody knows, everybody knows |
| C#m B |
| That's how it goes |
| A E |
| Everybody knows |
| E |
| Everybody knows |
| Ending: |
| C#m C#m A C#m x4 |
