Never Know Chords by Jack Johnson
Tempo:
102.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
F#m
C#m
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [E]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[A] [C#m] [F#m]
[B] [E]
[D] [C#m] I heard this old story before, [F#m] where the people keep on coming up with metaphors, [B] don't live
much up [A] to the [E] imagination.
[Am] So [C#m] I want to give this [G#] imagery back, [F#m] know it just ain't so easy like that.
[B] I turn the page, I [D] read the story [E] again, and [A] again, and again.
Just seems insane, [F#m] with a different name.
[B] We're breaking and rebuilding, ever-growing, always [A] guessing, never knowing.
We're shocking but [E] we're nothing, we're [C#m] just bones.
[F#m] Clever but [E] we're clueless, we're [C#m] just human.
[F#m] [B] Amusing, [E]
infusing, we'll [C#m] try.
[A] [D#] But where is this [E] all leading?
We'll never know.
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[D] It all [C#m] happens so fast, I know you could say it is a [F#m] disaster.
But take a time lapse and look at it backwards, [B] when the last word.
Maybe that's just [E] the answer that we're [Am] after.
But [C#m] after all, just a bubble in a boiling [F#m] pot.
Just one breath in a chain of thought, [B] with moments just [A] combusting.
[E] Feel certain but we'll [A] never, never know.
Just seems [F#m] insane, give it a different [B] name.
Begging, ever needing, ever trying, ever breathing, [Em] never [C#m] [F#m] knowing.
We're shocking [E] but we're nothing, [C#m] we're just [A] moments.
[B] Clever [E] but we're clueless, we're just [F#m] human.
Amusing, [E]
infusing, [C#m] we'll help.
[F#m] Rebuilding, [E] ever-growing, [C#m] never knowing.
[F#m] Never knowing.
[B] Never knowing.
[E]
Knock, knock on my door to [A] door.
The day that the metaphor's better than [B] yours.
I can't either [E] sink or swim.
Things are looking pretty [C#m] grim.
If you don't believe in what [F#m] this can feed in.
It's [B] got no feeling, so I'll [E] read it again and [A] again.
Just seems [F#m] insane, so many different [B] names.
Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak.
We'll always be competing.
[C#m] [A] Never knowing.
[B] We're shocking [E] but we're nothing, [C#m] we're just [F#m] moments.
[B] We're clever [E] but we're clueless, [C#m] we're just [F#m] human.
Amusing, [E]
infusing, [C#m] but the [F#m] truth is.
[B] All we [E] got is questions [C#m] we'll never know.
[A] Never know.
[B] Never know.
[E] [C#m] [F#m]
[B] [E]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[A] [C#m] [F#m]
[B] [E]
[D] [C#m] I heard this old story before, [F#m] where the people keep on coming up with metaphors, [B] don't live
much up [A] to the [E] imagination.
[Am] So [C#m] I want to give this [G#] imagery back, [F#m] know it just ain't so easy like that.
[B] I turn the page, I [D] read the story [E] again, and [A] again, and again.
Just seems insane, [F#m] with a different name.
[B] We're breaking and rebuilding, ever-growing, always [A] guessing, never knowing.
We're shocking but [E] we're nothing, we're [C#m] just bones.
[F#m] Clever but [E] we're clueless, we're [C#m] just human.
[F#m] [B] Amusing, [E]
infusing, we'll [C#m] try.
[A] [D#] But where is this [E] all leading?
We'll never know.
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[D] It all [C#m] happens so fast, I know you could say it is a [F#m] disaster.
But take a time lapse and look at it backwards, [B] when the last word.
Maybe that's just [E] the answer that we're [Am] after.
But [C#m] after all, just a bubble in a boiling [F#m] pot.
Just one breath in a chain of thought, [B] with moments just [A] combusting.
[E] Feel certain but we'll [A] never, never know.
Just seems [F#m] insane, give it a different [B] name.
Begging, ever needing, ever trying, ever breathing, [Em] never [C#m] [F#m] knowing.
We're shocking [E] but we're nothing, [C#m] we're just [A] moments.
[B] Clever [E] but we're clueless, we're just [F#m] human.
Amusing, [E]
infusing, [C#m] we'll help.
[F#m] Rebuilding, [E] ever-growing, [C#m] never knowing.
[F#m] Never knowing.
[B] Never knowing.
[E]
Knock, knock on my door to [A] door.
The day that the metaphor's better than [B] yours.
I can't either [E] sink or swim.
Things are looking pretty [C#m] grim.
If you don't believe in what [F#m] this can feed in.
It's [B] got no feeling, so I'll [E] read it again and [A] again.
Just seems [F#m] insane, so many different [B] names.
Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak.
We'll always be competing.
[C#m] [A] Never knowing.
[B] We're shocking [E] but we're nothing, [C#m] we're just [F#m] moments.
[B] We're clever [E] but we're clueless, [C#m] we're just [F#m] human.
Amusing, [E]
infusing, [C#m] but the [F#m] truth is.
[B] All we [E] got is questions [C#m] we'll never know.
[A] Never know.
[B] Never know.
[E] [C#m] [F#m]
[B] [E]
Key:
E
B
F#m
C#m
A
E
B
F#m
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ [C#m] I heard this old story before, [F#m] where the people keep on coming up with metaphors, [B] don't live
much up [A] to the [E] _ imagination.
[Am] So [C#m] I want to give this [G#] imagery back, [F#m] know it just ain't so easy like that.
[B] I turn the page, I [D] read the story [E] again, and [A] again, and again.
Just seems insane, [F#m] _ with a different name.
[B] We're breaking and rebuilding, ever-growing, always [A] guessing, never knowing.
We're shocking but [E] we're nothing, we're [C#m] just bones.
[F#m] _ _ Clever but [E] we're clueless, we're [C#m] just human.
[F#m] _ _ [B] Amusing, [E]
infusing, we'll [C#m] try.
[A] _ [D#] But where is this [E] all leading?
We'll never know.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] It all [C#m] happens so fast, I know you could say it is a [F#m] disaster.
But take a time lapse and look at it backwards, [B] when the last word.
Maybe that's just [E] the answer that we're [Am] after.
But [C#m] after all, just a bubble in a boiling [F#m] pot.
Just one breath in a chain of thought, [B] with moments just [A] combusting.
[E] Feel certain but we'll [A] never, never know.
Just seems [F#m] insane, give it a different [B] name.
Begging, ever needing, ever trying, ever breathing, [Em] never [C#m] [F#m] knowing.
We're shocking [E] but we're nothing, [C#m] we're just [A] moments.
_ [B] Clever [E] but we're clueless, we're just [F#m] human.
_ Amusing, [E]
infusing, [C#m] we'll help.
[F#m] _ _ Rebuilding, [E] ever-growing, [C#m] never knowing.
_ [F#m] Never knowing. _
[B] Never knowing.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
_ Knock, knock on my door to [A] door.
The day that the metaphor's better than [B] yours.
I can't either [E] sink or swim.
Things are looking pretty [C#m] grim.
If you don't believe in what [F#m] this can feed in.
It's [B] got no feeling, so I'll [E] read it again and [A] again.
_ Just seems [F#m] insane, so many different [B] names.
Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak.
We'll always be competing.
[C#m] _ [A] Never knowing.
[B] We're shocking [E] but we're nothing, [C#m] we're just [F#m] moments.
[B] We're clever [E] but we're clueless, [C#m] we're just [F#m] human.
_ Amusing, [E]
infusing, [C#m] but the [F#m] truth is.
[B] All we [E] got is questions [C#m] we'll never know.
_ [A] Never know. _
[B] Never know.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ [C#m] I heard this old story before, [F#m] where the people keep on coming up with metaphors, [B] don't live
much up [A] to the [E] _ imagination.
[Am] So [C#m] I want to give this [G#] imagery back, [F#m] know it just ain't so easy like that.
[B] I turn the page, I [D] read the story [E] again, and [A] again, and again.
Just seems insane, [F#m] _ with a different name.
[B] We're breaking and rebuilding, ever-growing, always [A] guessing, never knowing.
We're shocking but [E] we're nothing, we're [C#m] just bones.
[F#m] _ _ Clever but [E] we're clueless, we're [C#m] just human.
[F#m] _ _ [B] Amusing, [E]
infusing, we'll [C#m] try.
[A] _ [D#] But where is this [E] all leading?
We'll never know.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] It all [C#m] happens so fast, I know you could say it is a [F#m] disaster.
But take a time lapse and look at it backwards, [B] when the last word.
Maybe that's just [E] the answer that we're [Am] after.
But [C#m] after all, just a bubble in a boiling [F#m] pot.
Just one breath in a chain of thought, [B] with moments just [A] combusting.
[E] Feel certain but we'll [A] never, never know.
Just seems [F#m] insane, give it a different [B] name.
Begging, ever needing, ever trying, ever breathing, [Em] never [C#m] [F#m] knowing.
We're shocking [E] but we're nothing, [C#m] we're just [A] moments.
_ [B] Clever [E] but we're clueless, we're just [F#m] human.
_ Amusing, [E]
infusing, [C#m] we'll help.
[F#m] _ _ Rebuilding, [E] ever-growing, [C#m] never knowing.
_ [F#m] Never knowing. _
[B] Never knowing.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
_ Knock, knock on my door to [A] door.
The day that the metaphor's better than [B] yours.
I can't either [E] sink or swim.
Things are looking pretty [C#m] grim.
If you don't believe in what [F#m] this can feed in.
It's [B] got no feeling, so I'll [E] read it again and [A] again.
_ Just seems [F#m] insane, so many different [B] names.
Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak.
We'll always be competing.
[C#m] _ [A] Never knowing.
[B] We're shocking [E] but we're nothing, [C#m] we're just [F#m] moments.
[B] We're clever [E] but we're clueless, [C#m] we're just [F#m] human.
_ Amusing, [E]
infusing, [C#m] but the [F#m] truth is.
[B] All we [E] got is questions [C#m] we'll never know.
_ [A] Never know. _
[B] Never know.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _