Intro

| G Bm | C D | G Bm | C D |

Verse

| G Bm | C D | G Bm | C D |I started a joke, which started the whole world crying, but I didn't see| G Bm | C D | G Bm | C D | That the joke was on me, oh no| G Bm | C D | G Bm | C D |I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing, oh, if I'd only seen| G Bm | C D | G | That the joke was on me

* Hook

| Em | Bm | C | G |I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes | Bm | Em | Am | D |And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said

Verse

| G Bm | C D | G Bm | C D |'Til I finally died, which started the whole world living, oh, if I'd only seen| G Bm | C D | G | That the joke was on me

* Hook

| Em | Bm | C | G |I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes | Bm | Em | Am | D |And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said

Verse

| G Bm | C D | G Bm | C D |'Til I finally died, which started the whole world living, oh, if I'd only seen| G Bm | C D | G Bm | C D | Oh yeah, that the joke was on me, oh no, that the joke was on me….| G Bm | C D | G Bm | C D | Oh, oh….

Ending

| G |