[Intro] E  Bm  F#m  Am
        E  Bm  F#m  Am

E            Bm     F#m
I started a joke
                  Am             E    Bm  F#m
Which started the whole world crying
    Am        E  Bm  F#m
But I didn't see
          Am          E  Bm
That the joke was on me
F#m    Am
Oh no

E             G#m   A
I started to cry
                  B                 E  G#m  A
Which started the whole world laughing
       B           E  G#m  A
Oh, if I'd only seen
           B          E
That the joke was on me

C#m                 G#m                A             E
I, I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes
   G#m               C#m              A
And I, I fell out of bed, hurting my head
                       E  B
From things that I'd said

    E          Bm   F#m
Til I finally died
                  Am               E   Bm  F#m
Which started the whole world living
       Am         E  G#m  A
Oh, if I'd only seen
            B         E
That the joke was on me

C#m              G#m               A             E
I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes
   G#m               C#m              A
And I, I fell out of bed, hurting my head
                      E   B
From things that I'd said

     E          Bm      F#m
'Til I finally died
                   Am
Which started the whole world
  E   Bm  F#m
Living
       Am         E  G#m   A
Oh, if I'd only seen
          B          E  G#m   A
That the joke was on me
          B          E  G#m   A
That the joke was on me
          B          E  
That the joke was on me

[Final] Bm  F#m  Am  E