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.

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?[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.

{c:Choru}