...HE'S MISSTRA KNOW-IT-ALL... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Innervisions' (1973)*
*TUNE DOWN A HALF STEP*
(Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Intro:
G G7 C Cm7, G D7 C G (x2)
Verse 1:
G G7
He's a man, with a plan,
C Cm7
Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Playin' hard, talkin' fast,
C Cm7
Makin' sure that he won't be the last.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Makes a deal, with a smile,
C Cm7
Knowin' all the time that his lie's a mile;
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Must be seen, there's no doubt,
C Cm7
He's the coolest one with the biggest mouth.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
Chorus 1:
Am7 G/B C D
If you tell him he's livin' fast, he will say what do you know.
Em D/F# G Am7
If you had my kind of cash, you'd have more than one place to go, oh,
G A7 C D7
Ooh... ooh, ooh ooh... ooh.
Verse 2:
G G7
Any place; he will play,
C Cm7
His only concern is how much you'll pay.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
If he shakes, on a bet,
C Cm7
He's the kind of dude that won't pay his debt.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
Chorus 2:
Am7 G/B
When you say that he's livin' wrong,
C D
He'll tell you he know's he's livin' right.
Em D/F#
And you'd be, a stronger man,
G Am7
If you took Misstra Know-It-All's advice, oh oh.
G A7 C D7
Ooh... ooh, ooh ooh... ooh....
Verse 3:
G G7
He's a man, with a plan,
C Cm7
Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Take my word, please be-ware,
C Cm7
Of a man that just don't give a care, no.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All. (Look out, he's coming);
Interlude:
(n.C) G G7
Dum bum bum ba bum bum, dum bum bum ba bum bum,
C Cm7
Bum bum bum bum bum, say;
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
Coda:
G G7
Can this line, take his hand,
C Cm7
Take your hat off to the man who's got the plan.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Every boy take your hand,
C G
To the man that's got the plan.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Give a hand, to the man,
C Cm7
That you know he's got the plan.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Give a hand, to the man,
C Cm7
Don't you know darn well, he's got the super plan.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Give a hand, to the man,
C Cm7
Don't you know darn well, he's got the super plan.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
If we had, less of him,
C Cm7
Don't you know we'd have a better land?
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Give a hand, to the man,
C Cm7
Don't you know darn well, he's got the super plan.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
So give a hand to the man,
C Cm7
Although you've given out as much as you can.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Give a hand, to the man,
C Cm7
Don't you know darn well, he's got the super plan.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Check his sound out,
C Cm7
He'll tell it all you talk too much; you worry me to death;
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
G G7
Give a hand, to the man,
C Cm7
Don't you know darn well, he's got the super plan.
G D7 C G
He's Misstra Know-It-All...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G G7 C Cm7 D7 Am
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 323000 x32010 x35343 xx0212 x02210
G/B D Em D/F# Am7 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x20033 xx0232 022000 2x0232 x02013 x02223
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
