You Never Know chords by Ringo Starr

You Never Know (featured in the 1991 Movie "Curly Sue")

music and lyrics by Ringo Starr, John Bettis, Steve Dorff


Verse 1:
C         Am7   F          G
Life goes on  no one gets rehearsals
C         Am7      F          Am
Life goes on through everyday reversals
     F  G   Am  F#m7-5          Fm
with every dawn every day is full of chances
 C                     Am  Dm/G  G
to find some good before its gone
C         C/B
You never know which way
Am7            Gsus G
a day is gonna take you
      Em7           Am7
theres always some surprise
F                   Am7
that comes along to shake you
Em7              Em7-5
a simple rule of thumb
         Dm      E7
thats often been neglected is
C               D7
take life as it comes
F             G
expect the unexpected
C             Am7 or C/A
you'll never see exactly where
F               G
the road will lead you
Em                   Am7
and when it comes to love
      F             Am7
you gamble when you need too
Em7                 Em7-5
youll maybe break your heart
Dm             Edim
on one unlucky throw
Dm               G         C
but then again you never know

Verse 2:
C         Am7 F              G
Who knows why anything can happen
C         Am7        F         Am
a cloudy sky can suddenly break open
 F      G    Am7          F#m7-5
before your eyes theres the smiling face
Fm           C            Am   Dm/G  G
of summer chasing all the rain away
C         C/B
you never know which way
Am7             Gsus G
a day is gonna take you
       Em7         Am7
theres always some surprise
F                   Am7
that comes along to shake you
Em7              Em7-5      Dm
a simple rule of thumb thats often
     E7              Am            D7
been neglected is take life as it comes
F             G
expect the unexpected
C           Am7 or C/A        F
youll never see exactly where the road
        G        Em7                Am7
will lead you and when it comes to love
    F                Am7
you gamble when you need to
Em7                    Em7-5
youll maybe break your heart on one
Dm          Edim  Dm           G      C
unlucky throw but then again you never know


Refrain:
Em7             Em7-5      Dm
a simple rule of thumb thats often
       E7         C                D7
been neglected is take life as it comes
F                G
expect the unexpected


Modulation:
C#       A#m7               F#             G#
I never saw exactly where the road would lead me
C#       A#m7       F#               A#m7
one day I woke to find somebody needs me
Fm             Fm7-5      Ebm      Fdim
i thought id taken luck as far as it would go
    Ebmin          Ab    C#