Knockin On Mine chords by Paul Westerberg

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Main A augmentedA Riff:
e|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
BB|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
G+G|--4-4-2-4-2-4-2-2--|
D MajorD|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A augmentedA|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E MajorE|-------------------|

Verse 1:
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Read common knowledge stockpile your brain
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You get burned in the sun, you get wet in the rain

They teach you to fix what needs to be broke
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I say he who laughs first didn't get the joke -    Go on and tap your mind
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Quit knocking on mine

Verse 2:
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An English teacher from Vancouver

She asked me to write something for her students.
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I wrote knowledge adds wisdom let slide -
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She says now really - I wanna tell you
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Quit knocking on mine

Bridge:
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Knowledge is power got your books, go read 'em
D MajorD
Wisdom is ignorance; stupidity I call freedom

Verse 3:
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Comic books, the Bible, roadmaps, pornography - Anything you wanna read
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Go out and sit in a field sometime
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Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine)

Bridge:
F# minorF#m
...power got your books, go read 'em
D MajorD
Wisdom is ignorance; stupidity (ha!) I call freedom

Verse 4:
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You read common knowledge every day.

You're as common as that newspaper you throw away
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You get burned in the sun you get wet in the rain
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Won't you ever change
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Won't you ever learn

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Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine)