Joking

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JOKING (Amy Ray)

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[The net result of all the instruments is G Em7 C(9) D, which you can

play as 320033 022033 x32033 x00232, but actually, Amy just plays

G Em C D, or 320003 022000 x32010 x00232. In other words, Amy never

plays the D variations; that's Emily's part, way up high on the neck.]

G Em7 C(9) D G Em7 C(9) Dsus-D-D(9)-D

[intro]

G Em7

You said the world was magic, I was wide-eyed and laughing

C(9) D

We were dancing up to the bright side

G Em7

Forget about your ego, forget about your pride

C(9) D D

And you will never have to compromise

G Em7 C(9) 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

[stop]

I'm a dying man, but I don't know what for

G Em7 C(9) D

And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother

G Em7 C(9) D

You were only joking, you were only joking, brother

(Wide-eyed and laughing) (Dancing...)

G Em7 C(9) D G Em7 C(9) D G Em7 C(9) D

[guitar solo]

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

[stop]

You shake it off with a smirk and a toss

G Em7 C(9) D

And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother

G Em7 C(9) D

You were only joking, you were only joking, brother

G Em7 C(9) D

And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother

(Gravel and glass...) (I bruised my heels...)

G Em7 C(9) D

You were joking, you were only joking, brother

(You kissed me like a soldier...) (I'm a dying man...)

G Em7 C(9) D

And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother

(...dying man, but I don't know what for...)

[stop]

D D

And you were only, and you were only, and you were only

[stop]

G Em7 C(9) Dsus-D-D(9)-D G n.c.

Joking, brother One two three four...

G Em7 C(9) D G Em7 C(9) D

[instrumental]

G Em7 C(9) D

Sha-la, sha-la, sha-la, sha-la

G Em7 C(9) D

Sha-la, sha-la, sha-la, sha-la

(Wide-eyed and laughing) (Dancing up to the bright side)

[repeat and fade]

- Adam Schneider, [email protected]