"I Started A Joke"
(Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb)

Intro:

(acoustic guitar [open D] w/bass):

DD Piano Chord 

v   v   v   v
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G        Bm       C        D          [2X]
/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

GG Piano Chord 
            BmBm Piano Chord 

I started a joke
CC Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 
          GG Piano Chord 
      BmBm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

Which started the whole world crying
DD Piano Chord 
         GG Piano Chord 
   BmBm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

But I didn't see
DD Piano Chord 
    1, 4: GG Piano Chord 
  BmBm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
 ; 2, 3: GG Piano Chord 

That the joke was on me, oh no

Verse 2:

I started to cry
Which started the whole world laughing
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me

Chorus:

EmEm Piano Chord 
               BmBm Piano Chord 

I looked at the skies
CC Piano Chord 
            GG Piano Chord 

Running my hands over my eyes
BmBm Piano Chord 
            EmEm Piano Chord 

And I fell out of bed
/D         AmAm Piano Chord 

Hurting my head
D     [N.C.]

Verse 3:

'Til I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen [4: oh, yeah]
That the joke was on me

[repeat chorus]

[repeat verse 3]

Coda:

(DD Piano Chord 
)         GG Piano Chord 
   BmBm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 

That the joke was on me
G   Bm   C   D    G [end cold]
Oh...

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers