Joking

[G]  [Em7]  [C]          [D]     [G]  [Em7]  [C]     [Dsus4] [D] [D]         [D]
You said the w[G]orld was magic, I was w[Em7]ide-eyed and laughing

[C]  We were dancing up to [D]the bright side

For[G]get about your ego, for[Em7]get about your pride

[C]  And you will never have to compr[D]omise      [D]

And you were only j[G]oking,[Em7] you were only j[C]oking, 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 j[G]oking,[Em7] you were only j[C]oking, brother     [D]

You were only j[G]oking,          [Em7]           you were [C]only joking,       brother     [D]
                      (Wide-eyed and laughing)                  (Dancing...)

[G]  [Em7]  [C]          [D]    [G]  [Em7]  [C]     [D]    [G]  [Em7]  [C]          [D]
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 j[G]oking,[Em7] you were only j[C]oking, brother     [D]

You were only j[G]oking,[Em7] you were only j[C]oking, brother     [D]

And you were only j[G]oking,            [Em7]   you were only j[C]oking, brother        [D]
                   (Gravel and glass...)         (I bruised my heels...)

You were j[G]oking,                   [Em7]   you were only j[C]oking, brother        [D]
    (You kissed me like a soldier...)         (I'm a dying man...)

And you were only j[G]oking,      [Em7]            you were only j[C]oking, 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]   [N.C.]
Joking,        brother                            One two three four...

[G]  [Em7]  [C]          [D]     [G]  [Em7]  [C]     [D]
[G]Sha-la, [Em7]sha-la, [C]sha-la, sha-l[D]a

[G]Sha-la,             [Em7]sha-la,      [C]sha-la,                 sha-l[D]a
    (Wide-eyed and laughing)         (Dancing up to the bright side)

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