Chords for I Was Only Joking (Rod Stewart @ Hyde Park - featuring Jim Cregan)

_ _ _ You know what I'm gonna do and I'm gonna bring it out my old pal Jim Cregan Jimmy Cregan
Welcome Jimmy come on
Come on, the pubs are still open.
Let's get this done _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] My dad [A] said we look ridiculous
_ [E] But boy, we broke some [A] hearts
[D] _ _ [A] _ in and out of jobs
[A] running free
_ Waging war [D] with society
_ _ [Dm] _ Dumbfounded faces [A] stare back at me, [E] but nothing ever [A] changed
_ _ _ _ Promises made in the [C#m] heat of the night
[A] _ Sleep in home [D] before it got too light.
_ [Dm] I wasted all [A] that precious time
_ [E] _ Blamed it on the [A] world
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_ [A] _ Looking [D] far away to [E] hide [F#m] my fear what [D] type of fool
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_ [A] I _ [Bm] could never win
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_ _ Never found a _ compromise
_ _ Collected love [D] like butterflies
_ [Dm] _ _ Illusions of [A] that grand first prize [E] a slow
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[F#m] _ _ [A] Susie baby, you are good to me
_ Giving love [D] unselfishly _
_ _ [Dm] But you took it [A] all too seriously
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What kind [D] of fool
[E] _ [A] I _ _ [Bm] could never win
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_ [B] _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ I could _ _ [A] never win
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_ [A] never _ _ [E] _ win
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[F#] _ _ could never win Jim Cregan
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That's _ the question
There [D] are always fears.
[Dm] _ Verse seven [A] is never clear.
[E] But I'll tell you what you want [A] to [D] hear. _
[A] _ I try to give you [C#m] all you want.
_ [A] But giving love is [D] not my strongest point.
_ [Dm] If that's the place it's pointless going on,
[E] I'd rather be alone. _ _
Cause what I'm doing [C#m] must be wrong.
_ [A] Pouring my heart out [D] in a song.
_ [Dm] _ [E] Honing up for prosperity.
For the whole damn world to [A] _ see.
_ _ Quietly now while I lead the stage.
_ Act one is over [D] without costume [Bm] change.
_ [Dm] The principal _ [A] has to leave the stage. _
[E] But I know this crowd _ [A] understood.
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_ _ _ _ That's it for us.
Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
_ _ [N] _ Thank you for coming.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for putting up with us.
And we'll see you again.
Bye. _ _
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