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"I Started A Joke"
(Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb)
Intro:
(acoustic guitar [open D] w/bass):
F
v v v v
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F Dm F F [2X]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
F Dm
I started a joke
F F F Dm F
Which started the whole world crying
F F Dm F
But I didn't see
F [1, 4: F Dm F F ; 2, 3: F]
That the joke was on me, oh no
Verse 2:
I started to cry
Which started the whole world laughing
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me
Chorus:
Dm Dm
I looked at the skies
F F
Running my hands over my eyes
Dm Dm
And I fell out of bed
/F Dm
Hurting my head
F [N.F.]
From things that I'd said
Verse 3:
'Til I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen [4: oh, yeah]
That the joke was on me
[repeat chorus]
[repeat verse 3]
Coda:
(F) F Dm F F
That the joke was on me
F Dm F F F [end cold]
Oh...
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers