Chords for I Was Only Joking - Rod Stewart (cover)

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_ _ _ _ How's everybody doing? _
_ This is a whole tune from Rod Stewart.
I was only joking
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_ Ever since I was a kid at school
I mess around [D] with all the rules
[Dm] _ _ _ [A] Apologize then _ realize [E] I'm not different after [A] all _ _
Being the boys thought we had it _ sussed
_ [D] Valentino was on the [B] bus
My dad said [A] we looked _ ridiculous
_ [E] Poor with broken [A] hearts _
_ _ And now the child's heart is free
_ Raging war [D] with _ society
[Dm] _ Dumb blank faces [A] stare back at me
[E] Nothing ever [A] changed _ _
_ _ Promises made in the heat of the night
_ Creeping home [D] before it got too light
I wasted [A] all my precious time
[E] Blame it on the [A] white _
I was [D] only _ [E] joking [A] my dear
Looking [D] for a way [E] to hide [A] my tears
What kind [D] of [E] fool [A] was I?
I [Bm] could never
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ Never found a _ compromise
_ Collecting novels [D] like butterflies
_ _ Illusions of [A] that grandpa's grass
[E] Slowly wear it [A] down
_ _ _ Suzie fading you good to me
_ Giving up [D] on _ selfishly
[Dm] _ But you took it [A] all too seriously
_ [E] I guess it had you [A] in
_ I [D] was only [E] joking [A] my dear
Looking [D] for a way [E] to hide [A] my fear
What [D] kind of [E] fool [A] Was I?
_ [Bm] I could never
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_ [A] _ Never found a compromise
Now you ask me if I'm sincere
_ That's a question that [D] I always fear
[Dm] First seven [A] is never really clear
[E] But I'll tell you what you [A] wanna hear
I _ try to give you all you want
_ Giving love is not [D] my strongest [Dm] point
If that's the [A] case of what's going on
[E] I'd rather be [A] alone _
_ Cause what I'm doing must be wrong
_ Pouring my [D] heart out in a song
Only look [A] for prosperity
[E] For the whole damn [A] world to see _
_ _ Finally now I'll turn the page
Act one is over [D] without cause and [Dm] change
The principal would [A] like to leave the stage
[E] The crowd don't [A] understand _ _
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