I Started A Joke Tab

                           "I Started A Joke"
                    (Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb)

Intro:

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

	 
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	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	            
	I started a joke
	                                      
	Which started the whole world crying
	                   
	But I didn't see
	             [1, 4:        ; 2, 3: ]
	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:

	               
	I looked at the skies
	                         
	Running my hands over my eyes
	                  
	And I fell out of bed
	 /         
	Hurting my head
	                           [N..]
	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:

	         ()                 
	That the joke was on me
	              [end cold]
	Oh...


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers