No One Knows Anyone Anymore - Billy Bragg

No One Knows Anyone Anymore

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Intro G D Am C/G (2x)
 
G D Am C/G
Deep down in the underground, atoms spinning round and round
G D Am C/G
Scientists monitor readings
G D Am C/G
Searching for the Holy Grail, the particle or at least the tale
G D Am A
Of the one who gives the universe its meaning.
 
C/G G D Em (lift fingers off 4 & 5 string & play)
But what if there's nothing, no big answer to find? (open for run up to C/G)
C/G G D
What if we're just passing through time?
 
F C/G G
No one knows nothing anymore
F C/G G
Nobody really knows the score
F C/G G
Nobody knows anything
F C/G A
Let's break it down and start again
 
G D
What happens when the markets drop,
Am C/G
If the numbers really don't add up?
G D Am C/G
Everyone seeks the safe haven.
G D
And as they contemplate their ruin,
Am C/G
The self-proclaimed smartest people in the room
G D Am A
Are trying very hard not to sound craven
 
C/G G D Em (lift fingers off 4 & 5 string & play)
But what if there's nothing, no pot of gold to find? (open for run up to C/G)
C/G G D
Only the blind leading the blind.
 
F C/G G
No one knows nothing anymore
F C/G G
Nobody really knows the score
F C/G G
Nobody knows anything
F C/G A
Let's break it down and start again
 
Cmaj7
Let's stop pretending
* Cmaj7 (* Walkdown on 6 string from 3 to 2 to open,then onto)
We can manage our way out of here. (Em chord and then play open then onto Cmaj7 chord)
*
Let's stop defending the indefensible.
Cmaj7
Let's stop relying on
*
The lecturing of the experts
A
Whose spin just makes our plight incomprehensible.
 
G D Am C/G
High up on a mountain top, somebody with a skinhead crop
G D Am C/G
Is thinking deep thoughts for us all.
G D Am C/G
Serenity is all around, but if you listen you can hear the sound
G D Am A
Of one head being banged against the wall.
 
C/G G D Em (lift fingers off 4 & 5 string & play)
But what if our ancestors had stayed up in the trees (open for run up to C/G)
C/G G D
Who'd be sleeping weighed down by these worries?
 
F C/G G
No one knows nothing anymore
F C/G G
Nobody really knows the score
F C/G G
Nobody knows anything
F C/G A
Let's break it down and start again

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Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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