Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays531

Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted by Billy Bragg is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: Em G Em G 

Verse 
G                            Am            D 
Be nice if we could have our cake and eat it 
G                           D 
Though that's impossible to do 
G                  Em               D 
But too many have invested in this outcome 
Em                 G            Em          D 
They simply can't afford for it not to come true 
G                 Am            D 
We ceded too much power to the market 
G                           D 
Let it decide what's right or wrong 
G                  Em               D 
Now everyone seems willing to lent credence 
Em                 G            Em          D 
And truth is so devalued, it's going for a song 

 
Em                   G            D 
Not everything that counts can be counted 
Em                   Am 
Holds the markets to account 
Em                   G            D 
Not everything that counts can be counted 
Em                   Am            Em 
Not everything that can be counted counts 

Interlude 
G  Am   D 
G  D 
G  Em   D 
Em G Em D 

Verse 
G               Am        D 
People have had enough of experts 
G                      D 
And their inconvenient facts 
G              Em                       D 
Here's what the media really won't tell ya 
Em                 G            Em          D 
Exactly who it is that's taking control back 
G       Am        D 
All opinions are equal 
G                      D 
In the free market of ideas 
G                    Em            D 
And truth is nothing more than an opinion 

Em                 G            Em                        D 
That's the garnered the most likes, provoked the loudest cheers 

 
Em                   G            D 
Not everything that counts can be counted 
Em                   Am 
Holds the markets to account 
Em                   G            D 
Not everything that counts can be counted 
Em                   Am            Em 
Not everything that can be counted counts 

Interlude 
G  Am   D 
G  D 
G  Em   D 
Em G Em D 

Verse 
G                      Am             D 
There isn't really any room for dreamers 
G                              D 
If you have principles that's nice 
G                Em            D 
The market isn't interested in values 
Em         G             Em        D 
Except for those it can define as price 
G              Am           D 
All bow to the power of the market 
G                             D 
Till it throws up a different face 
G                    Em         D 
If you're not white or male or compliant 
Em            G            Em              D 
The system is designed to keep you in your place 


Em                   G            D 
Not everything that counts can be counted 
Em                   Am 
Holds the markets to account 
Em                   G            D 
Not everything that counts can be counted 
Em                   Am            Em 
Not everything that can be counted counts  
    	

Chord diagrams

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