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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:47:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Jason Yankee 
Subject: b/bee_gees/i_started_a_joke.crd

Name: I Started a Joke

Artists: Bee Gees

Transcribed by: Jason Yankee

Note: This is all my own work.

Intro: G, B m, C, D 7

Verse: G, "I started a" B m, "joke" C, "that left.."

D 7 "the whole world"  G, "crying", B m, C, "oh if"

D 7, "i'd only" G, "seen" B m, C, "that the" D 7,

"joke was on" G, "me"  B m, "oh oh" C, "no", D 7

G, "I started to" B m, "cry" C, "which started the"

D 7, "whole world" G, "laughing" B m, C, "oh if"

D 7, "I'd only" G, "seen" B m, C, "that the"

D 7 "joke was on" G, "me" G, G, G,

Chorus:

E m, "I looked at the" B m, "sky running my"

C, "hands over my" G, "eyes and"  B m, " I fell out

of" E m, "bed" E,  "hurting my" A m, "head from things

that I" D 7 "said"  

Back to verse chords

G, "I finally" B m, "died" C, "which started the"

D 7, "whole world" G, "living" B m, C, "Oh if" 

D 7, "I'd only" G, "seen" B m, C, "that the" 

D 7, "joke was on" G, "me" B m, C, D 7

Now play G, B m, C, D 7 over and over till the end

of the song.

Note: The lyrics I put down might be wrong.  However,

the chords are right.

Chords defined:

G - notes - G, B, D - 3 2 0 0 0 1

B m - notes - B, D, F # - x 2 4 4 3 2

C - notes - C, E, G - 0 3 2 0 1 0

D 7 - notes - D, F #, A, C - x 0 0 2 1 2

A m - notes - A, C, E - 0 0 2 2 1 0

E m - notes - E, G, B - 0 2 2 0 0 0

E - notes - E, G #, B - 0 2 2 1 0 0

Any questions, critcism, improvements, or comments?

Please e-mail me at banjokayankee@yahoo.com

Thank you,

Jason