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Grace VanderWaal – Dont Assume What You Dont Know Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
Am      C        F  E
Know-oh-oh, oh-oh

[Verse 1]
Am
Drive through the streets
          C
with your eyes closed
F                         E
trip on a stick where the wind blows
Am                     C
So out of reach but it looks close
F                          E
Don't assume what you don't know
    Am                      C
You act real hot but you're still
cold
    F                    E
You wanna be rich with a Lambo
Am                     C
So out of reach but it looks so close
F                       E
Red light but you still go

[Pre-Chorus]
        Am                C
You can walk around the entire world
        F
But you still end up with what
    E
you started with first
Am                     C
Spit out money and you offer
out lures
F                   E
Get the girl but it wasn’t the cure

[Chorus]
    Am                         C
The television told you if you got
up and went
       F                   E
Within 5/6 months you’d be playing
Japan
Am                            C
Now you’re in a new world you don’t
have a friend
F                          E
Don't assume what you don't know

[Post-Chorus]
Am      C        F  E
Know-oh-oh, oh-oh
               Am      C        F  E
What you don't know-oh-oh, oh-oh

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[Verse 2]
       Am
So you told your ma that
       C
you're gonna be free
             F
You’re gonna be a new branch
       E
on the Hollywood tree
    Am
You leave with a couple
        C
hundred maybe three
         F             E
And your high school degree

[Bridge]
Am                      C
Finally you get an opportunity
         F                E
They say listen close and only
to me
     Am
Just sign off your name
        C
and creativity
Dm7                           E
Don't ya, don't ya wanna be a star?

[Pre-Chorus]
        Am                C
You can walk around the entire world
        F
But you still end up with what
    E
you started with first
Am                     C
Spit out money and you offer
out lures
F                   E
Get the girl but it wasn't
the cure

[Chorus]
    Am
The television told you
         C
that you gotta be aware
       F                   E
Within 5/6 months you’d be playing
Japan
Am
Now you're in a new world,
    C
you don't havе a friend
F                          E
Don't assume what you don't know

[Post-Chorus]
Am      C        F  E
Know-oh-oh, oh-oh
               Am      C
What you don't know-oh-oh,
     F   F N.C.  E
oh-oh

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[Pre-Chorus]
        Am                C
You can walk around the entire world
        F
But you still end up with
         E
what you started with first
Am                     C
Spit out money and you offer out lures
F                   E
Get the girl but it wasn't the cure

[Chorus]
    Am
The television told you
         C
that you gotta be aware
       F                    E
Within 5/6 months you’d be playing
Japan
Am
Now you're in a new world,
    C
you don't havе a friend
F                          E
Don't assume what you don't know

[Outro]
Am C F E
               Am      C
What you don't know-oh-oh,
     F   F E
oh-oh

How to play Dont Assume What You Dont Know: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Dont Assume What You Dont Know by Grace VanderWaal on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Dont Assume What You Dont Know by Grace VanderWaal sits in A minor (no sharps or flats), and you need 5 chords to play it: Am, C, F, E and Dm7.

Listen for Am – C – F – E (i – III – VI – V in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.