You Never Know chords by Ringo Starr

Chords with lyrics

You Never Know (featured in the 1991 Movie "Curly Sue")

music and lyrics by Ringo Starr, John Bettis, Steve Dorff


Verse 1:
C majorC     Am7Am7  FF     G+G
Life goes on no one gets rehearsals
C majorC     Am7Am7   FF     A minorAm
Life goes on through everyday reversals
   FF G+G  A minorAm F#m7-5     F minorFm
with every dawn every day is full of chances
 C majorC           A minorAm Dm/G G+G
to find some good before its gone
C majorC     C/BC/B
You never know which way
Am7Am7      GsusGsus G+G
a day is gonna take you
   E minor 7Em7      Am7Am7
theres always some surprise
FF          Am7Am7
that comes along to shake you
E minor 7Em7       Em7-5
a simple rule of thumb
     DmDm   E7E7
thats often been neglected is
C majorC        D7D7
take life as it comes
FF       G+G
expect the unexpected
C majorC       Am7Am7 or C/AC/A
you'll never see exactly where
FF        G+G
the road will lead you
E minorEm          Am7Am7
and when it comes to love
   FF       Am7Am7
you gamble when you need too
E minor 7Em7         Em7-5
youll maybe break your heart
DmDm       EdimEdim
on one unlucky throw
DmDm        G+G     C majorC
but then again you never know


Verse 2:
C majorC     Am7Am7 FF       G+G
Who knows why anything can happen
C majorC     Am7Am7    FF     A minorAm
a cloudy sky can suddenly break open
 FF   G+G  Am7Am7     F#m7-5
before your eyes theres the smiling face
F minorFm      C majorC      A minorAm  Dm/G G+G
of summer chasing all the rain away
C majorC     C/BC/B
you never know which way
Am7Am7       GsusGsus G+G
a day is gonna take you
    E minor 7Em7     Am7Am7
theres always some surprise
FF          Am7Am7
that comes along to shake you
E minor 7Em7       Em7-5   DmDm
a simple rule of thumb thats often
   E7E7       A minorAm      D7D7
been neglected is take life as it comes
FF       G+G
expect the unexpected
C majorC      Am7Am7 or C/AC/A    FF
youll never see exactly where the road
    G+G    E minor 7Em7        Am7Am7
will lead you and when it comes to love
  FF        Am7Am7
you gamble when you need to
E minor 7Em7          Em7-5
youll maybe break your heart on one
DmDm     EdimEdim DmDm      G+G   C majorC
unlucky throw but then again you never know


Refrain:
E minor 7Em7       Em7-5   DmDm
a simple rule of thumb thats often
    E7E7     C majorC        D7D7
been neglected is take life as it comes
FF        G+G
expect the unexpected


Modulation:
C#C#    A#m7A#m7        F#F#       G#G#
I never saw exactly where the road would lead me
C#C#    A#m7A#m7    F#F#        A#m7A#m7
one day I woke to find somebody needs me
F minorFm       Fm7-5   EbmEbm   FdimFdim
i thought id taken luck as far as it would go
  Ebmin     AbAb  C#C#

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