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Bee Gees  - I Started A Joke

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Guitar6String  Chordwww.ultimate-guitar.com2011/02/07 19:21:13

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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                           "I Started A Joke"
                    (Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb)

Intro:

(acoustic guitar [open D] w/bass):

 D
 v   v   v   v
---------7-5-4---
---------------7-
-----------------
-----------------

G        Bm       C        D          [2X]
/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

G            Bm
I started a joke
  C                 D          G      Bm   C
Which started the whole world crying
    D         G   Bm   C
But I didn't see
          D   [1, 4: G  Bm  C  D ; 2, 3: G]
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:

Em               Bm
I looked at the skies
             C            G
Running my hands over my eyes
    Bm            Em  
And I fell out of bed
 /D         Am
Hurting my head
                      D     [N.C.]
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:

         (D)         G   Bm  C  D 
That the joke was on me
G   Bm   C   D    G [end cold]
Oh...


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers