Tuning: E A D G B E

[Main A Riff] e|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| B|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| G|--4-4-2-4-2-4-2-2--| D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| E|-------------------| [Verse 1]

^ARead common knowledge stockpile your brain ^AYou get burned in the sun, you get wet in the rain

They teach you to fix what needs to be broke

I say he who laughs first didn't get the joke ^D- ^D/C# ^Bm Go on and tap your ^Amind ^AQuit knocking on mine

[Verse 2]

^AAn English teacher from Vancouver She asked me to write something for her students. I wrote knowledge adds wisdom let slide -^D ^D/C# ^Bm She says now r^Deally ^D/C#- I wanna ^Bmtell you Quit ^Aknocking on mine

[Bridge]

^F#mKnowledge is power got your books, go read 'em ^DWisdom is ignorance; stupidity I call freedom

[Verse 3]

^AComic books, the Bible, roadmaps, pornography - Anything you wanna read Go out and sit in a field sometime^D ^D/C# ^Bm Quit ^Aknockin' on mine (knockin' on mine)

[Bridge]

^F#m...power got your books, go read 'em ^DWisdom is ignorance; stupidity (ha!) I call freedom

[Verse 4]

^AYou read common knowledge every day. You're as common as that newspaper you throw away You get burned in the sun you get wet in the rain ^D ^D/C# ^Bm Won't you ever c^Dha^D/C#nge ^Bm Won't you ever l^Dea^D/C#rn ^Bm

^AQuit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine)

Paul Westerberg - Knockin on mine