Leonard Cohen
Everybody Knows
I'm Your Man (1988)

C♯m  G♯  C♯m    cordes (synthé)

     f♯   C♯m
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
          A
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
     f♯   C♯m
Everybody knows  the war is over
          A
Everybody knows the good guys lost

            F♯m                 G♯
  Everybody knows the fight was fixed
                B                  C♯m
  The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
                D     G♯
  That's how it goes
            C♯m
  Everybody knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Eh, like their father or their dog just died

  Everybody talking to their pockets
  Everybody wants a box of chocolates
  And a long-stem rose
  Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah, give or take a night or two

  Everybody knows you've been discreet
  But there were so many people you just had to meet
  Without your clothes
  And everybody knows

              E
    Everybody knows
              B
    Everybody knows               x 2
                  C♯m   B
    That's how it goes
              E
    Everybody knows

f♯ C♯m    a

And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah, when you've done a line or two

  Everybody knows the deal is rotten
  Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
  For your ribbons and bows
  And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past

  Everybody knows the scene is dead
  But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
  That will disclose
  What everybody knows

And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
Ah, to the beach of Malibu

  Everybody knows it's coming apart
  Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
  Before it blows
  And everybody knows

    Refrain  x 2

(fade out)