Joking Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

G Em7 C D G Em7 C Dsus4 D D D

Intro

 You said the wGorld was magic, I was wEm7ide-eyed and laughing

C We were dancing up to Dthe bright side

 ForGget about your ego, forEm7get about your pride

C And you will never have to comprDomise D

 And you were only jGoking,Em7 you were only jCoking, brother Dsus4 D D D

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]

 And you were only jGoking,Em7 you were only jCoking, brother D

 You were only jGoking, Em7 you were Conly joking, brother D

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

G Em7 C D G Em7 C D G Em7 C 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

You shake it off with a smirk and a toss [stop]

 And you were only jGoking,Em7 you were only jCoking, brother D

 You were only jGoking,Em7 you were only jCoking, brother D

 And you were only jGoking, Em7 you were only jCoking, brother D

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

 You were jGoking, Em7 you were only jCoking, brother D

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

 And you were only jGoking, Em7 you were only jCoking, brother D

(...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 C (9 fr.) Dsus4-D-D (9 fr.)-D G [stop] C

Joking, brother One two three four...

G Em7 C D G Em7 C D

Instrumental

GSha-la, Em7sha-la, Csha-la, sha-lDa

GSha-la, Em7sha-la, Csha-la, sha-lDa

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

[repeat and fade]