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Joke   Boo Hewerdine

 
 



 
 Date: 27 Dec 1995 11:20:27 +0000<br/>
 From: "Boulton, Nic" <br/>
 Subject: /h/Boo Hewerdine/Joke.crd<br/>
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 JOKE  (Boo Hewerdine)<br/>
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 Written & performed live by Boo Hewerdine, but I don't know of a recording of<br/>
 it by him. For a recorded version, try Eddi Reader's first album.<br/>
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 [Intro]:<br/>
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       e ---------------------|--------------------- ||  (repeat a few times. <br/>
       B ---------------------|--------------------- ||   Also you can play<br/>
 this  <br/>
       G ------------------p--|---------------------.||   over the first two <br/>
       D -----------------2-0-|-2---------0---------.||   lines of the verse<br/>
       A -3---------3--------3|--------------------- ||   -twice per line of<br/>
 vox) <br/>
       E ---------------------|--------------------- || <br/>
 beats    ^    ^    ^    ^      ^    ^    ^    ^     <br/>
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 C                        G                               C                G<br/>
 D'you hear the one about the one you're  now  without,   did it make  you<br/>
 smile?<br/>
 D'you hear the one about the one you filled with doubt, was it worth your<br/>
 while?<br/>
 Am                        D      Am                     D      <br/>
 The way you kick a life around,  deserving to be underground.<br/>
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 [Chorus] :<br/>
 C              G         C           G <br/>
 What is this?  Explain. Joke is this some kind of joke.<br/>
                          C         G             G<br/>
                          Joke, I'm laughing, I'm laughing,<br/>
                          C           G       C         G<br/>
                      I'm lau-ghing      I'm  la-ughing  <br/>
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 C                        G                        C          G<br/>
 D'you hear the one about the one who fell from   space<br/>
 One minute in the stars, next minute lying on her face.<br/>
 Am                             D        Am                          D      <br/>
 She says 'I don't know what to be', and 'does she look younger than me?'<br/>
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 [Chorus]<br/>
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 [Bridge]:<br/>
 Am                G/B                         Am                      D  C<br/>
 For a tumble and  something to do   at night, you kick a life a round o- ooh<br/>
 For a fumble with someone you know at sight . . .<br/>
                     Am                       G                          C G C<br/>
 G<br/>
               . . . D'you hear the one about the one you're now without?      <br/>
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 Am                             D        Am                          D      <br/>
 She says 'I don't know what to be', and 'does she look younger than me?'<br/>
 And 'does my make up look alright, can you tell that I've been up all night?'<br/>
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 [Chorus] x 2      <br/>
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 end on a C<br/>
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 All chords are standard (open) shapes, G/B is x20003.<br/>
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 Comments, improvements etc. are welcome.  <br/>
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 Nic <br/>
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 Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk<br/>
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