I Started A Joke Chords
by Wallflowers
I Started A Joke by Wallflowers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords E, Bm, F#m, Am, G#m, A, B and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
E Bm F#m Am
E Bm F#m Am
E Bm F#m
I started a joke,
Am E Bm F#m
which started the whole world crying,
Am E Bm F#m
but I didn't see
Am E Bm
that the joke was on me,
F#m Am
oh no.
E G#m A
I started to cry,
B E G#m A
which started the whole world laughing,
B E G#m A
oh, if I'd only seen
B E
that the joke was on me.
C#m G#m A E
I, I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
G#m C#m A E B
and I, I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.
E Bm F#m
Til I finally died,
Am E Bm F#m
which started the whole world living,
Am E G#m A
oh, if I'd only seen
B E
that the joke was on me.
C#m G#m A E
I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
G#m C#m A E B
and I, I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.
E Bm F#m
'Til I finally died,
Am E Bm F#m
which started the whole world living
Am E G#m A
oh, if I'd only seen
B E G#m A
that the joke was on me
B E G#m A
that the joke was on me
B E Bm F#m Am E
that the joke was on me