Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted chords by Billy Bragg

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Em G Em G

Verse:
G                            Am            D
Be nice if we could have our cake and eat it
G                           D
Though that's impossible to do
G                  Em               D
But too many have invested in this outcome
Em                 G            Em          D
They simply can't afford for it not to come true
G                 Am            D
We ceded too much power to the market
G                           D
Let it decide what's right or wrong
G                  Em               D
Now everyone seems willing to lent credence
Em                 G            Em          D
And truth is so devalued, it's going for a song

Chorus:
Em                   G            D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em                   Am
Holds the markets to account
Em                   G            D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em                   Am            Em
Not everything that can be counted counts

Interlude:
G  Am   D
G  D
G  Em   D
Em G Em D

Verse:
G               Am        D
People have had enough of experts
G                      D
And their inconvenient facts
G              Em                       D
Here's what the media really won't tell ya
Em                 G            Em          D
Exactly who it is that's taking control back
G       Am        D
All opinions are equal
G                      D
In the free market of ideas
G                    Em            D
And truth is nothing more than an opinion

Em                 G            Em                        D
That's the garnered the most likes, provoked the loudest cheers

Chorus:
Em                   G            D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em                   Am
Holds the markets to account
Em                   G            D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em                   Am            Em
Not everything that can be counted counts

Interlude:
G  Am   D
G  D
G  Em   D
Em G Em D

Verse:
G                      Am             D
There isn't really any room for dreamers
G                              D
If you have principles that's nice
G                Em            D
The market isn't interested in values
Em         G             Em        D
Except for those it can define as price
G              Am           D
All bow to the power of the market
G                             D
Till it throws up a different face
G                    Em         D
If you're not white or male or compliant
Em            G            Em              D
The system is designed to keep you in your place

Chorus:
Em                   G            D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em                   Am
Holds the markets to account
Em                   G            D
Not everything that counts can be counted
Em                   Am            Em
Not everything that can be counted counts