I Started A Joke Chords

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I Started A Joke by Bee Gees is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Bm, C, D, Em and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			G           Bm     C 
I started a joke  
                  D           G      Bm  C 
Which started the whole world crying  
    D        G    Bm  C 
But I didn't see 
         D           G   Bm  C 
That the joke was on me  
    G            Bm     C 
And I started to cry  
                  D           G        Bm  C 
Which started the whole world laughing  
      D      G    Bm  C 
Oh If I only see 
         D           G 
That the joke was on me  
  
Em               Bm7 
I looked at the sky  
               C             G 
And holding my hands over my eyes  
    Em            Bm7 
And I fell out of bed  
           C                          D 
Cursing my head for the things that I said  
G         Bm    C 
I finally died  
                  D           G      Bm  C 
Which started the whole world living  
      D      G    Bm  C 
Oh If I only seen  
         D           G 
That the joke was on me  
Em               Bm7 
I looked at the skies 
               C             G 
And holding my hands over my eyes 
    Em            Bm7 
And I fell out of bed  
           C                          D 
Cursing my head for the things that I said  
G         Bm    C 
I finally died  
                  D           G      Bm  C 
Which started the whole world living 
      D      G    Bm  C 
Oh If I only seen  
         D           G    Bm  C 
That the joke was on me  
         D           G    Bm  C  D 
That the joke was on me 

G    Bm  C   D 
Oh   Oh  Oh  Oh 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante