I Started A Joke Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays447

I Started A Joke by Faith no More is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Tabbed by: sinniecoyote


Intro & Verse 1
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------5--5------------------------5-|
A|-------2--2-3--3-5--5-3-2-0------2--2-3--3-5--5-3-2-0------5-3-2--2\1/3--3-5--5-7---|
E|--3--3----------------------3--3----------------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------7-5-4-----|
D|-5--------------------3-4-5--5--------------------3-4-5--5------------------------7-5-|
A|---5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5----------5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5----------5-3-2--2-3--3-5------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--------------------3-4-5--5--------------------3-4-5--5--------------------5-5-5-5\-|
A|---5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5----------5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5----------5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus 1
G|------------------------------------------------------------7-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------7---7---------------------------|
A|-----------0-1-2--2-2--2-2-3--3-3--3-2-0---------0-5--5-5-------5--2--3---0--0-0--/5--5-3-|
E|-0--0-0--0-------------------------------3--3-3-------------------------3-----------------|

Verse 2
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--5--------------------3-4-5--5------------------------3-4-5--5------------------3-4-5-|
A|------5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5----------5-3-2--2-1-3--3\2/5--5----------5-3----3----5--5-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------7-\---5------------|

G|-----------------|
D|-5----5--5-4-3---|
A|----5----------5-|
E|-----------------|

Chorus 2
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------2------------|
D|-----------------------4---------------------------------------2------------2----2-1--------|
A|--------7-5-4-5-2--2-2---0-3----3--3-2----5-7\-5----5--2---0-2---2-0---0--0----------5--5-5-|
E|-0--0/7-----------------------3--------3----------5------3-----------3----------------------|

Outro
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5--5--------------------3-4-5--5--------------------3-4-5--5--------------------3-4-5-|
A|-5------5-3-2--2-3--0-5--5----------5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5----------5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--------------------3-4-5--5--------------------3-4-5--5--------------------3-4--|
A|---5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5----------5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5----------5-3-2--2-3--3-5--5------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    	

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