I Started A Joke

             "I Started A Joke"
                    

(Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb)

Intro:

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

	 A
	 v   v   v   v
	---------7-5-4---
	---------------7-
	-----------------
	-----------------

	D        F#m       G        A          [2X]
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	D            F#m
	I started a joke
	  G                 A          D      F#m   G
	Which started the whole world crying
	    A         D   F#m   G
	But I didn't see
	          A   [1, 4: D  F#m  G  A ; 2, 3: D]
	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:

	Bm               F#m
	I looked at the skies
	             G            D
	Running my hands over my eyes
	    F#m            Bm  
	And I fell out of bed
	 /A         Em
	Hurting my head
	                      A     [N.G.]
	From things that I'd said

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:

	         (A)         D   F#m  G  A 
	That the joke was on me
	D   F#m   G   A    D [end cold]
	Oh...