The Joke Chords by Brandi Carlile

[Start]

[Intro]
D Am Am7 G D
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[Verse]
                                  Am 
You're feeling nervous aren't you boy
                G                    D    
With your quiet voice and impeccable style
                               Am 
Don't ever let them steal your joy
                G                             D   
And your gentle ways to keep 'em from running wild
D                              
They can kick dirt in your face
Am                                         
Dress you down and tell you that your place
          G                                 D    
Is in the middle when they hate the way you shine
                          Am   
I see you tugging on your shirt
               G                                 D    
Trying to hide inside of it and hide how much it hurts


[Chorus]
                         Am 
Let 'em laugh while they can
        G                           D   
Let 'em spin let 'em scatter in the wind
                   Gb                      G   
I have been to the movies I've seen how it ends
                  D    Am7 G
And the joke's on them ■   ■


[Inst]

[Verse]
D                               Am7  Am
■ You get discouraged don't you girl ■ 
                    G                        D
It's your brother's world for a while longer ■
         D                              
We gotta dance with the devil on a river
            Am    
To beat the stream
                   G                         D     
Call it living the dream call it kicking the ladder
     D                             
They come to kick dirt in your face
   Am                                 
To call you weak and then displace you
      G                                          D     
After carrying your baby on your back across the desert
                            Am  
I saw your eyes behind your hair
                   G                   D          
And you're looking tired but you don't look scared
                         Am 
Let 'em laugh while they can
        G                           D   
Let 'em spin let 'em scatter in the wind


[Chorus]
                   Gb                      G   
I have been to the movies I've seen how it ends
               D       Am7 G
And the joke's on them ■   ■


[Bridge]
D                          Am 
■ Let 'em laugh while they can
        G                           D   
Let 'em spin let 'em scatter in the wind


[Chorus]
                   Gb          Gb7      G      
I have been to the movies I've seen how it ends
        D      Am7 Am G         D Am7
And the joke's ■   ■  ■ on them ■ ■  
G D      
■ Ooh ooh


[Outro]
Am7 C G D Am7 G D
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