Bee Gees - I Started A Joke guitar tab

"I Started A Joke"

(Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb)

Intro:

(acoustic guitar [open D] w/bass):

D

v v v v

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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