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Everything You Know Is Wrong

Weird Al Yankovic
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 D C G/B A A7 (hold, then two strummed A7s and straight to verse)
 all verses are the same):
I  was driving on the freeway in  the fast  lane with a
 rabid wolverine  in  my underwear  when suddenly  a guy
 behind  me in the backseat popped right up  and cupped
 his hands across my eyes.  I guessed,  "Is it Uncle
Frank  or cousin Louie,  is it Bob or Joe  or Walter,
could  it be  Bill or Jim  or Ed or Bernie  or Steve,
 I probably would  have kept on guessing but about
 that time we crashed into the truck,  and as I'm
 laying bleeding  there on the asphalt finally  I
recognize  the face  of my hibachi  dealer, who
takes  off his  prosthetic lips,  and tells me:
Everything  you know  is wrong,  black is white,
 up is down  and short  is long,  and everything
 you thought  was just so important doesn't matter,
Everything  you know  is wrong,  just forget the
words  and sing  along,  all you need  to understand  is
everything  you know  is wrong.
 *- First time : F G
  Second time: D
  Third time:
Everything  you know  is (everything  you know  is)
Everything  you know  is wrong!  (end)
 (Accordion Solo:)
 (Baritone Saxaphone Solo:)
 (Guitar Solo:)
 (two strums
 then into verse)
 End Transcription

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Readable chord sheet for Everything You Know Is Wrong by Weird Al Yankovic

D   C   G/B   A   A7 (hold, then two strummed A7s and straight to verse)

all verses are the same):

[D]I was driving on the [G]freeway [A]in the [D]fast lane with a

rabid [G]wolver[A]ine in[Bbdim] my un[Bm]der[Bm/A]wear when [E/G#]sudden[E]ly a guy

be[A]hind me in the backseat popped right [G]up and cupped

his hands across my [D/F#]eyes.  I [D]guessed, "Is it [G]Uncle

[A]Frank or cousin [D]Louie, is it Bob or [G]Joe or [A]Walter,

[Bbdim]could it [Bm]be Bill or [Bm/A]Jim or Ed or [E/G#]Bernie or [E]Steve,

I probably [A]would have kept on guessing but a[A7]bout

that time we crashed into the [Bm]truck, and as I'm

laying [E7]bleeding there on the [A]asphalt [D/F#]finally I

[G]recogn[D]ize the [Em]face of my [G]hibachi dealer, who

[A]takes off [A7/G]his pr[A/F#]osthetic [A/E]lips, and tells me:

[D]Everyt[G]hing you [A]know is [D]wrong, black is white,

up is d[G]own and [A]short[Bbdim] is lo[Bm]ng, and e[Bm/A]veryt[E/G#]hing

you t[E]hought was just [A]so [A7/G]important [A/F#]doesn't [A/E]matter,

[D]Every[G]thing you [A]know is [D]wrong, just forget the

[C#sus4]words and [F#m]sing a[Bm]long, all you [Bm/A]need to [E/G#]underst[E]and is

[G]everything you [A]know is wrong.

*- First time :  F   G
   Second time:  D
   Third time:

[G]Everything you [A]know is ([Bm]everything you [C#m]know is)

[G]Everything you [A]know is [D]wrong!  ([D]end)

(Accordion Solo:)
[G]              [E]              [F#]              [G]       [A]

(Baritone Saxaphone Solo:)
[Cm]     [F]   [G]   [Am]     [Bb]      [Am]      [Bb]      [G]       [C]

(Guitar Solo:)
[Dm]      [Eb]     [F]      [F#]      [Am]      [Bb]      [G]       [C]   [A7] (two strums
then into verse)

End Transcription

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