Everything You Know Is Wrong chords by Weird Al Yankovic

Chords with lyrics

The end of the chorus is played differently all 3 times- that's the deal
with the *.

A# diminished A#dim is an A#A# diminished chord consisting of the notes A#, C, and E.
Any chord followed by a slash is the chord name followed by the bass
note. For example, Bm/ABm/A is a B minorBm chord with an A augmentedA played on the bass.

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"Everything You Know Is Wrong" by Al Yankovic


Intro:
D MajorD  C majorC  G/BG/B  A augmentedA  A7A7 (hold, then two strummed A7s and straight to verse)

Verse (all verses are the same):

D MajorD          G+G    A augmentedA   D MajorD
I was driving on the freeway in the fast lane with a

   G+G   A augmentedA   A# diminished A#dim B minorBm Bm/ABm/A   E/G# E MajorE
rabid wolverine in my underwear when suddenly a guy

 A augmentedA                  G+G
behind me in the backseat popped right up and cupped

          D/F#D/F#   D MajorD        G+G
his hands across my eyes. I guessed, "Is it Uncle

A augmentedA        D MajorD          G+G   A augmentedA
Frank or cousin Louie, is it Bob or Joe or Walter,

A# diminished A#dim  B minorBm     Bm/ABm/A     E/G#   E MajorE
could it be Bill or Jim or Ed or Bernie or Steve,

      A augmentedA                A7A7
I probably would have kept on guessing but about

               B minorBm
that time we crashed into the truck, and as I'm

    E7E7          A augmentedA    D/F#D/F#
laying bleeding there on the asphalt finally I

G+G   D MajorD    E minorEm     G+G
recognize the face of my hibachi dealer, who

A augmentedA     A7/GA7/G A/F#   A/EA/E
takes off his prosthetic lips, and tells me:

Chorus:

D MajorD   G+G    A augmentedA    D MajorD
Everything you know is wrong, black is white,

    G+G    A augmentedA  A# diminished A#dim B minorBm    Bm/ABm/A E/G#
up is down and short is long, and everything

   E MajorE        A augmentedA A7/GA7/G   A/F#  A/EA/E
you thought was just so important doesn't matter,

D MajorD  G+G     A augmentedA    D MajorD
Everything you know is wrong, just forget the

C#sus4C#sus4  F# minorF#m  B minorBm      Bm/ABm/A  E/G#  E MajorE
words and sing along, all you need to understand is

G+G       A augmentedA    *
everything you know is wrong.


*- First time : FF  G+G
  Second time: D MajorD
  Third time:

G+G       A augmentedA    B minorBm       C# minorC#m
Everything you know is (everything you know is)

G+G       A augmentedA    D MajorD    D MajorD
Everything you know is wrong! (end)


Solos:
(Accordion Solo:)
G+G       E MajorE       F#F#       G+G    A augmentedA

(Baritone Saxaphone Solo:)
C minorCm   FF  G+G  A minorAm   Bb majorBb   A minorAm   Bb majorBb   G+G    C majorC

(Guitar Solo:)
DmDm   Eb MajorEb   FF   GbGb   A minorAm   Bb majorBb   G+G    C majorC  A7A7 (two strums
then into verse)

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