Everybody chords by John Prine

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: G

Intro:

C   G   D7   G

Verse 1:
          G               G7              C              G
While out sailing on the ocean, while out sailing on the sea
  G               G7          A7              D7
I bumped into the Saviour and He said "Pardon me"
        G               G7               C            G
I said "Jesus, you look tired", He said "Jesus, so do you,
          C                     D7              G
Won't you sit down son 'cause I got some fat to chew"

Chorus:
     G               G7       C                  G
See, everybody needs somebody that they can talk to
G                        G7       A7                D7
Someone to open up their ears and let their trouble through
     G                     G7        C                  G
Now, you don't have to sympathize or care what they may do
    C         G              D7                 G    C  G  D7  G
But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to


Verse 2:
         G                  G7        C                G
Well, he spoke to me of morality, starvation, pain and sin
G                             G7           A7              D7
Matter of fact the whole dang time, I only got a few words in
    G                       G7               C                G
But I won't squawk, let 'em talk, hell, it's been a long long time
    C                 G                   D7                      G
And any friend that's been turned down is bound to be a friend of mine


Chorus:
       G               G7       C                  G
Cause. everybody needs somebody that they can talk to
G                        G7       A7                D7
Someone to open up their ears and let their trouble through
     G                      G7       C                  G
Now, you don't have to sympathize or care what they may do
    C         G              D7                 G    C  G  D7  G
But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to


Verse 3:
       G                        G7        C                  G
Now we sat there for an hour or two, just eatin' that Gospel pie
     G                               G7        A7                D7
When around the bend come a terrible wind, and lightning lit the sky
         G                    G7          C                      G
He said "So long son, I gotta run, I appreciate you listening to me"
      C                   G                      D7                     G
And I believe I heard him sing these words as he skipped out across the sea


Chorus:
      G               G7       C                  G
Hey
everybody needs somebody that they can talk to
G                        G7       A7                D7
Someone to open up their ears and let their trouble through
     G                      G7       C                  G
Now you don't have to sympathize or care what they may do
    C         G              D7                 G
But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to
C         G              D7                 G
Everybody needs somebody that they can talk to

Outro:
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