🎶 The Joke

Intro
[Cb] [Am7] [Db] [Cb]
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Verse1
[Cb]You're feeling nervous, aren't you, [Am7]boy?
With your quiet [Db]voice and impeccable [Cb]style
Don't ever let them steal your [Am7]joy
And your gentle [Db]ways, to keep 'em from running [Cb]wild

They can kick dirt in your face
[Am7]Dress you down, and tell you that your place
Is in the [Db]middle, when they hate the way you [Cb]shine
I see you tugging on your [Am7]shirt
Trying to hide in[Db]side of it and hide how much it [Cb]hurts

Refrain
Let 'em [Cb]laugh while they [Am7]can
Let 'em [Db]spin, let 'em [F#]scatter in the [Cb]wind
I have been to the [F]movies, I've seen how it [Db]ends
And the [F#]joke's on [Cb]them

Verse2
[Cb]You get discouraged, don't you, gir[Am7]l?
It's your brother's w[Db]orld for a while longer [Cb]
We gotta [Cb]dance with the devil on a river
To beat the str[Am7]eam
Call it living the [Db]dream, call it kicking the l[Cb]adder
They c[Cb]ome to kick dirt in your face
To [Am7]call you weak and then displace you
After [Db]carrying your baby on your back across the des[Cb]ert
I saw your eyes behind your [Am7]hair
And you're looking ti[Db]red, but you don't look sc[Cb]ared

Refrain
Let 'em [Cb]laugh while they [Am7]can
Let 'em [Db]spin, let 'em [F#]scatter in the [Cb]wind
I have been to the [F]movies, I've seen how it [Db]ends
And the [F#]joke's on [Cb]them

Interlude
[Cb] [Am7] [Db] [Cb]
Let 'em [Cb]laugh while they [Am7]can
Let 'em [Db]spin, let 'em [F#]scatter in the [Cb]wind
I have been to the [F]movies, I've seen how it [Db]ends
And the [F#]joke's on [Cb]them [Am7] [Db] [F#]

Outro
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