I Started A Joke (Ver.2) Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays494

I Started A Joke (Ver.2) 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 Am. 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
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  			Intro:	G  Bm   C   D  (2x)  


Verso 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          G  Bm  C  D  
	That the joke was on me, oh no  

Verso 2:  
         G            Bm  
	I started to cry  
           C                 D          G      Bm   C  
	Which started the whole world laughing  
             D         G   Bm   C  
	Oh, if I'd only seen  
                   D          G  Bm  C  D  
	That the joke was on me  

 

	Em               Bm  
	I looked at the skies  
	             C            G  
	Running my hands over my eyes  
	    Bm            Em  
	And I fell out of bed  
	            Am  
	Hurting my head  
	                      D  
	From things that I'd said  

Verso 3:  
         G            Bm  
	'Til I finally died  
	 C                 D          G      Bm   C  
        Which started the whole world living  
	  D         G   Bm   C  
        Oh, if I'd only seen  
	            D          G  Bm  C  D  
	That the joke was on me  


refrão  

final:  
	          D           G   Bm  C  D  
	That the joke was on meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee  
	G   Bm   C   D    G  
	Oh...  

    	

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