Chords for It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know -- The Whites

Tempo:
79.85 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

C

Gm

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know -- The Whites chords
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[G]
[G] When it comes to book learning it's plain to see
[D] A whole lot [G] of folks know more than me
Jesus [C] said if we [G] believe there's just one thing we really need
And it's not what you know but it's who [D] you know
The Holy [G] Bible tells me so
Passing through [C] this world you know
[G] It's not what you know [C] but it's who [A] you know
[G] It's not what you know but it's who you know
[D] [Gm] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
[Cm] [G] When the knowledge of this world applied
I [D] guess you could [G] say I ain't qualified
For one thing I [C] know
Jesus [G] died to save my soul
He's a friend [Gm] of mine
[G] And it's not what you know but it's who you [D] know
The Holy [G] Bible tells me so
Passing through [C] this world you know
[G] It's not [Em] what you know but it's who you know
[G] It's not what [D] you know but [G] it's who you know
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
Well the funny teachers in the funny [D] school
They don't say [G] much about the gold rule
But the master said [C] that he's the truth
[G] The way of the light and he's there for you
Well it's not what you know but it's who you [D] know
The Holy [G] Bible tells me so
Passing through [C] this world you know
[G] It's not [C] what you know but it's who [G] you know
[D] [G]
[Gm] [D] [Gm]
[C] [G] [G]
Well it's not what you know but it's who you [D] know
The Holy [G] Bible tells me so
[C] Passing through this world you know
[G] It's not what [C] you know but it's who [G] you know
Not what [D] you know but [G] it's who you know
[Gm] It's not what you know but it's who you know
The Holy Bible [Dm] tells [G] me so
Passing through this world you know
It's not what you [C] know, but [G] it's who you know.
It's not what you know, [D] but it's who you know.
The holy [G] Bible tells me so.
Passing [B] through this [C] world [G] below,
It's not what you [C] know, but [A] it's who you know.
[Dm] [G] It's not what you know, [D] but it's [G] who you know.
[N]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
Gm
123111113
A
1231
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
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To learn The Whites - (Its Who You Know) Its Not What You Know chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: C, G, D, G and G. A strategic approach would be to train at 39 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 80. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: G Major.

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] When it comes to book learning it's plain to see
[D] A whole lot [G] of folks know more than me
Jesus [C] said if we [G] believe there's just one thing we really need
And it's not what you know but it's who [D] you know
The Holy [G] Bible tells me so
Passing through [C] this world you know
[G] It's not what you know [C] but it's who [A] you know
[G] It's not what you know but it's who you know _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [Cm] _ [G] When the knowledge of this world applied
I [D] guess you could [G] say I ain't qualified
For one thing I [C] know
Jesus [G] died to save my soul
He's a friend [Gm] of mine
[G] And it's not what you know but it's who you [D] know
The Holy [G] Bible tells me so
Passing through [C] this world you know
[G] It's not [Em] what you know but it's who you know
[G] It's not what [D] you know but [G] it's who you know _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Well the funny teachers in the funny [D] school
They don't say [G] much about the gold rule
But the master said [C] that he's the truth
[G] The way of the light and he's there for you
Well it's not what you know but it's who you [D] know
The Holy [G] Bible tells me so
Passing through [C] this world you know
[G] It's not [C] what you know but it's who [G] you know
_ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [G] _
_ _ Well it's not what you know but it's who you [D] know
The Holy [G] Bible tells me so
[C] Passing through this world you know
[G] It's not what [C] you know but it's who [G] you know
Not what [D] you know but [G] it's who you know _
[Gm] It's not what you know but it's who you know
The Holy Bible [Dm] tells [G] me so
Passing through this world you know
It's not what you [C] know, but [G] it's who you know.
It's not what you know, [D] but it's who you know.
The holy [G] Bible tells me so.
Passing [B] through this [C] world [G] below,
It's not what you [C] know, but [A] it's who you know.
_ [Dm] [G] It's not what you know, [D] but it's [G] who you know. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

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The Doing It By The Book album includes this song.

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