Intro
(acoustic guitar open D w/bass):
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B|---------------7-| 
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A|-----------------| 
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G        Bm       C        D     (x2) 
 
Verse 1
G            Bm   C 
I started a joke 
                  D          G      Bm   C 
Which started the whole world crying 
    D         G   Bm   C 
But I didn't see 
          D         G   Bm  C  D 
That the joke was on me, oh no 
 
Verse 2
G            Bm   C 
I started to cry 
                  D          G        Bm   C 
Which started the whole world laughing 
       D          G      Bm   C 
Oh, if I'd only seen 
         D            G 
That the joke was on me 
 
Chorus
Em               Bm 
I looked at the skies 
             C            G 
Running my hands over my eyes 
    Bm            Em   
And I fell out of bed 
 D         Am 
Hurting my head 
                      D     N.C. 
From things that I'd said 
 
Verse 3
G            Bm      C 
'Til I finally died 
                 D            G      Bm   C 
Which started the whole world living 
  C    D       G      Bm   C 
Oh, if I'd only seen  
         D            G   Bm   C 
That the joke was on me 
         D            G 
That the joke was on me 
 
Chorus
Em               Bm 
I looked at the skies 
             C            G 
Running my hands over my eyes 
    Bm            Em   
And I fell out of bed 
 D         Am 
Hurting my head 
                      D     N.C. 
From things that I'd said 
 
Verse 3
G            Bm    C 
'Til I finally died 
                  D           G      Bm   C 
Which started the whole world living 
       D          G      Bm   C 
Oh, if I'd only seen  
         D           G   Bm   C 
That the joke was on me 
         D           G 
That the joke was on me 
 
Coda
          D         G   Bm  C  D  
That the joke was on me 
G   Bm   C   D    G   
Oh...