Bee Gees – I Started a Joke
142 bpm 4/4 Strumming [Idea 1968](448 Hz)
Intro
G Bm C D G Bm C D
Verse 1
G Bm C D
I started a joke… which started the whole
G Bm C D
world-ddd crying… but I
G Bm C D
didn't see… that the joke…
G Bm C D
was on me… Oh no…
Verse 2
G Bm C D
I started to cry… which started the whole
G Bm C D
world-ddd laughing… Oh if I'd
G Bm C D
only seen… that the joke…
G G
was on me-eee…
Chorus 1
Em Em Bm Bm
I-iii-iii looked at the ski-iii-es…
C C G G
Running my-yyy ha-aaa-nds… over my-yyy eyes…
Bm Bm Em Em
and I-iii fell out of bed… hurting
Am Am D * D
my head… from things that… I said…
Verse 3
G Bm C D
‘till I finally died… which started the whole
G Bm C D
world-ddd living… Oh if I'd
G Bm C D G G
only seen… that the joke… was on me-eee…
Chorus 2
Em Em Bm Bm
I-iii-iii looked at the ski-iii-es…
C C G G
Running my-yyy ha-aaa-nds… over my-yyy eyes-sss…
Bm Bm Em Em
and I-iii… fell out of bed… hurting
Am Am D * D
my head… from things that… I said…
Verse 4
G Bm C D
‘till I finally died… which started the whole
G Bm C D
world-ddd living… Oh if I'd
G Bm C D
only seen… Oh yeah… that the joke…
Outro
G Bm C D
was on me… Oh-hhh no… that the joke…
G Bm C D
was on me-eee-eee-eee…
G Bm C D * G
O-ooo-ooo-oh… Oh…