Intro G Em7 Cadd9 D G Em7 Cadd9 Dsus-D-D(9)-D G Em7 You said the world was magic, I was wide-eyed and laughing Cadd9 D We were dancing up to the bright side G Em7 Forget about your ego, forget about your pride Cadd9 D D And you will never have to compromise G Em7 Cadd9 Dsus-D-D(9)-D And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother We talked about our mothers, kissed the wounds of our fathers I could've been your sister, I would've been your brother You kissed me like I was a soldier headed for war I'm a dying man, but I don't know what for stop G Em7 Cadd9 D And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother G Em7 Cadd9 D You were only joking, you were only joking, brother (Wide-eyed and laughing) (Dancing...) Guitar Solo G Em7 Cadd9 D G Em7 Cadd9 D G Em7 Cadd9 D Gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet I bruised my heels on the swollen street We were girls in bars, boys on the town Bumping like a pinball off a careless crowd You said good friends are hard to come by I laughed and bought you a beer, it's too corny to cry Well, sentiment given or sentiment lost You shake it off with a smirk and a toss stop G Em7 Cadd9 D And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother G Em7 Cadd9 D You were only joking, you were only joking, brother G Em7 Cadd9 D And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother (Gravel and glass...) (I bruised my heels...) G Em7 Cadd9 D You were joking, you were only joking, brother (You kissed me like a soldier...) (I'm a dying man...) G Em7 Cadd9 D And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother (...dying man, but I don't know what for...) D D stop And you were only, and you were only, and you were only G Em7 Cadd9 Dsus-D-D(9)-D G stop N.C. Joking, brother One two three four... Instrumental G Em7 Cadd9 D G Em7 Cadd9 D G Em7 Cadd9 D Sha-la, sha-la, sha-la, sha-la G Em7 Cadd9 D Sha-la, sha-la, sha-la, sha-la (Wide-eyed and laughing) (Dancing up to the bright side) repeat and fade
