...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] [Cm6] [G] [D7] [C] [G] (x2)
Verse 1:
[G] [G7]
He's a man, with a plan,
[C] [Cm6]
Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand.
[G] [D7] [C] [G]
He's Misstra Know-It-All.
[G] [G7]
Playin' hard, talkin' fast,
[C] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6]
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] [Cm6] [D7] [Am]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 323000 x32010 x3524x 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 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
