Everybody Cares Everybody Understands chords by Elliott Smith

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Em

Difficulty: Intermediate

Em                   Em/C# Em/C        G  G/F#
everybody cares everybody understands
       F     C      B7
yes everybody cares about you
        F               C         B7
yeah whether or not you want them to
         Em                            Em/C# Em/C       G G/F#
it's a chemical embrace that kicks you in the head
       F            C        B7               F       C         B7
to a pure synthetic sympathy that infuriates you totally
          F      C        B7                        B7/A       B7/G B7/F#
and a quiet lie that makes you wanna scream and shout

G F C Em

B7
so here i lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun
G                         F      C             Em       B7
raining it's guiding light upon everyone
        Em                            Em/C# Em/C              G  G/F#
for a moment's rest you can lean against the bannister
        F               C        B7                             F
C        B7
after running upstairs again and again from wherever they came to fix you in
       Em                   Em/C# Em/C          G G/F#
but always fear city's finest follow right behind
               F        C      B7
you got a pretty vision in your head
    F       C      B7
a pencil full of poison lead
          F            C        B7       B7/A B7/G B7/F#
and a sickened smile illegal in every town
      G                         F         C                   Em       B7
so here i lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun

G                         F       C           Em        B7
raining it's guiding light upon everyone
C                                                       G
you say you mean well you don't know what you mean
Cm                                       D
fucking ought to stay the hell away from things you know nothing about
so here i lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun
G                         F      C             Em       B7
raining it's guiding light upon everyone