I Started A Joke (chromatic)

by The BeeGees, The Wallflowers · posted by WaltP

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I STARTED A JOKE
By Barry, Maurice & Robin Gibb
The BeeGees’ The Wallflowers
Key: G


-5  -4  5 -5  -4
I start-ed a joke. 
-3     -3   -3  -4   5    -5    -4  -5
Which start-ed the whole world cry-ing. 
32 -2* 3   -3 -1   3    2   -2*  3  -3  3
But I did-n't see that the joke was on me. 
-4-33-3 -33
Oh,     no. 
-5  -4  5  -5  -4
I start-ed to cry. 
-3     -3   -3  -4   5    -5    -4  -5
Which start-ed the whole world laugh-ing.
3    2 -2*  3 -3  -1   3    2   -2*  3  -3  3
Oh, if I'd on-ly seen that the joke was on me. 

7    6   -6* 7   -6*
I looked at the skies. 
-5   6  -6*  6    5  -5  6  -5
Run-ning my hands ov-er my eyes.
-4 -5  -4   5  -5  -4
And I fell out of bed. 
3    -3  -4   3   2     2    -2*   3   -1  
Hurt-ing my head from things that I’d said. 

-1  -5 -4  5  -5  -4
Till I fi-nal-ly died. 
-3      -3  -3  -4   5    -5    -4  -5
Which start-ed the whole world liv-ing. 
3    2 -2*  3 -3  -1   3    2   -2*  3  -3  3
Oh, if I'd on-ly seen that the joke was on me.

7    6   -6* 7   -6*
I looked at the skies. 
-5   6  -6*  6    5  -5  6  -5
Run-ning my hands ov-er my eyes.
-4 -5  -4   5  -5  -4
And I fell out of bed. 
3    -3  -4   3   2     2    -2*   3   -1  
Hurt-ing my head from things that I’d said.

-1  -5 -4  5  -5  -4
Till I fi-nal-ly died. 
-3      -3  -3  -4   5    -5    -4  -5
Which start-ed the whole world liv-ing. 
3    2 -2*  3 -3  -1   3    2   -2*  3  -3  3
Oh, if I'd on-ly seen that the joke was on me.
-4-33-33 -33   3    2   -2*  3  -3 -5…6..-6*
Oh,       no, that the joke was on   me. 
7    6  -6*  6  -5 -4-33-2*3  
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,   oh

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