Laugh And A Half

[Em]   [D]  [A]   [Em]   [D]  [A]

[Em] I learned polit[D]eness on my mother's kn[Em]ee   [Em]
[G]                  [G]                       [D]
[D] I[Dsus2] learn[D]ed by uprightness my number of friends should increase.
[Em]When I think abou[D]t the things I've done [Em]      [Em]           [G]
[G]I laugh out l[D]oud to no[Dsus4] one ye[D]ah [Dsus2]to no o[D]ne.
[Em]                         [Em]                           [Em]
'Coz i[D]t's so hard to meet the eyes that I see when I try to open up my
[G]heart.

T[G]here's something inside me 'n' I know it's g[D]ood, but understanding is
[B]misunderstoo[Em]d.
At the end of a sm[D]ile there's a la[A]ugh 'n' a 1[Em]/2.  [Em]

[Em] But I became h[D]onest Mr. Mis[Em]taken[Em]
[G] in spite of the cur[G]ves my smile was m[D]akin'[Dsus4].      [D]        [Dsus2]               [D]
[Em]Bumpers and ki[D]ckers in one big stre[Em]am   [Em]        [G]
[G]I grew up in a life si[D]ze pinball machi[Dsus4]ne yeah [D]they're mean.
[Em]                        [Em]               [Em]
'Coz [D]it's so hard to meet the eyes that I see when I try to open up my
[G]heart.

[G]There's something inside me 'n' I know it's go[D]od, but understanding is
[B]misunderstoo[Em]d.
                 [D]               [A]          [Em]
At t[D]he end of a smile there's a laugh 'n' a 1/2, there's a laugh, on my
[G]behalf.

There's [G]something inside me 'n' I know it's go[D]od, but understanding is
[B]misunderstoo[Em]d.
At the end of a sm[D]ile there's a l[A]augh 'n' a 1[Em]/2.  [Em]

I tried to fill some si[D]lence 'coz the silence feels so lo[D]ng.
[G]                           [D]       [B]            [Em]
I [Em]knew the ice was gettin' thinner, but I kept skating on.
My [Em]mother threw me i[Em]nto this world as a winner[D]
              [D]                     [G]                [D]
bu[B]t by the light of the yellow beer, they tell the jokes, I'll never get to
[Em]hear, on[D] my beh[G]alf.

 [G]                                            [D]
[B]There's something inside me 'n' I know it's good, but understanding is tood.
[Em]At the end of a smi[D]le there's a la[D]ugh 'n' a 1[A]/2, there's a laugh,
y[D]eah on my be[G]half.

T[G]here's something inside me 'n' I know it's go[D]od, but understanding is
[B]misunderstoo[Em]d.
At the end of a sm[D]ile there's a l[A]augh 'n' a 1/[Em]2. There's a[Em] laugh 'n' a [Em]1/2.

At the end of a sm[D]ile there's a l[A]augh 'n' a 1[Em]/2. There's a [Em]laugh 'n' a[Em] 1/2.
At the end of a sm[D]ile there's a l[A]augh 'n' a 1[Em]/2. There's a [Em]laugh 'n' a[Em] 1/2.
 At the end of a sm[D]ile there's a l[A]augh 'n' a 1[Em]/2.