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| [The net result of all the instruments is G Em7 C(9) D, which you can |
| play as 320033 022033 x32033 x00232, but actually, Amy just plays |
| G Em C D, or 320003 022000 x32010 x00232. In other words, Amy never |
| plays the D variations; that's Emily's part, way up high on the neck.] |
G Em7 C(9) D G Em7 C(9) Dsus-D-D(9)-D
| intro |
| G | Em7 | |
| You said the w | orld was magic, I was w | ide-eyed and laughing |
| C(9 | D | |
| We were dancing u | p to the bright side |
| G | Em7 | |
| For | get about your ego, for | get about your pride |
| C(9 | D | D | |
| And you will never have to | compromise |
G Em7 C(9) Dsus-D-D(9)-D
| And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother |
| 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 |
| stop | |
| I'm a dying man, but I don't know what for |
| G | Em7 | C(9 | D | |
| And you were only j | oking, | you were only j | oking, brother |
| G | Em7 | C(9 | D | |
| You were only j | oking, | you were | only joking, brother |
| (Wide-eyed and laughing) (Dancing...) |
| G | guEm7 | Em7 | C(9 | D | G | Em7 | C(9 | D | G | C(9 | D | |
| itar | 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 |
| stop | |
| You shake it off with a smirk and a toss |
| G | Em7 | C(9 | D | |
| And you were only j | oking, | you were only j | oking, brother |
| G | Em7 | C(9 | D | |
| You were only j | oking, | you were only j | oking, brother |
| G | Em7 | C(9 | D | |
| And you were only j | oking, | you were only j | oking, brother |
| (Gravel and glass...) (I bruised my heels...) |
| G | Em7 | C(9 | D | |
| You were j | oking, | you were only j | oking, brother |
| (You kissed me like a soldier...) (I'm a dying man...) |
| G | Em7 | C(9 | D | |
| And you were only j | oking, | you were only j | oking, brother |
| (...dying man, but I don't know what for...) |
| stop | |
| D D |
| And you were only, and you were only, and you were only |
G Em7 C(9) Dsus-D-D(9)-D G [stop] n.c.
| Joking, brother One two three four... |
| G | inEm7 | Em7 | C(9 | D | G | C(9 | D | |
| strum | ental] |
| G | Em7 | C(9 | D |
Sha-la, sha-la, sha-la, sha-la
| G | Em7 | C(9 | D |
Sha-la, sha-la, sha-la, sha-la
| (Wide-eyed and laughing) (Dancing up to the bright side) |
| repeat and fade |
| - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com |