Know Good Know How chords by Mike Farris

Key: G

♫ Intro:

C F G (2x)



♫ Verse 1:
C               F             G
Take away these stones that I use
C             F          G
To build this room I now call myself
C              F
Take away this chair
           G
I feel too comfortable here
C               F
Take away these lies
       G (let it ring)
That I tell myself so many times

♫ Chorus:
F           G               C
Take all my books of philosophy
        F                      G
All you thought you knew about life
F              G                C
Pile all these things up to the sky
               Em                 F
And watch them burn to the ground
F                  G                  C
Because they never was no good for me no how


♫ Instrumental:
F G C F G

♫ Verse 2:
C               F            G
Take away these notes that I gather up in my bed
C                       F
And take them up to the banker
                  G
And tell him I've paid my debt
    C           F                    G
And tell all my friends that if they care for me
        C           F
I'll be coming home soon
                G
From a troubled boy at sea

♫ Chorus:
            F           G               C
And you can take all my books of philosophy
        F                      G
All you thought you knew about life
F              G                C
Pile all these things up to the sky
               Em               F
And watch them burn to the ground
F                  G
Because they never was no good
F                              G
I would have left this place a long time ago
F                 G
If I had a better reason
F
But there is no use walking when
          G
There's a Cadillac limousine
F                  G
Coming over across the hill, yeah

Istrumental:
C F G (2x)

♫ Verse 3:
C         F                      G
Take away tomorrow and take back yesterday
       C             F          G
Take a long vacation   inside a looking glass smile
C         F                 G
Take my inadequacies and my inhibitions
           C           F       G
Watch them glorify me, glorify me

♫ Chorus:
        F           G               C
You can take all my books of philosophy
        F                      G
All you thought you knew about life
F              G                C
Pile all these things up to the sky
               Em                 F
And watch them burn to the ground
F                  G
Because they never was no good
F           G               C
Take all my books of philosophy
        F                      G
All you thought you knew about life
F              G                C
Pile all these things up to the sky
               Em                 F
And watch them burn to the ground
F                  G                  C
Because they never was no good for me no how