Chords for Marianne (I Was Only Joking) - Eric Tagg

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_ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ Marianne, [Db] Marianne, [D] let me do [Bm] something to explain.
_ [D] You had me _ [Gm] wrong, [C] all along.
[F] I [C] thought you'd find [G] it [A] entertaining.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ Marianne, [Db] Marianne, [C] somehow you thought [B] my love had ended.
_ [D] _ So upset [G] that [C] you [F] forget [C] broken hearts can [G] all be [A] mended.
_ [Bb] I was [A] only joking [Gm] when I said [F] goodbye.
[Bb] I [C] didn't mean a [Am] single [Ab] word.
How [Gm] could [Am] I know that you [Bb] would take me [Gb] seriously?
[Gm] And [Am] find a new love in your [A] life?
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ Marianne, Marianne, if you [C] had [Bm] only stopped to listen.
_ [D] Then you'd know [Dm] I [C] tried to [E] show [C] you what you would [A] be missing.
_ [Bb] I was [A] only joking [D] when I said [F] goodbye.
_ [Bb] I [C] didn't mean a [Am] single [Ab] word.
_ [Gm] How could [Am] I know that you [Bb] would take me [Gb] seriously?
_ [Gm] And find [Am] a new love in [A] your life?
_ [Bb] I was only [A] joking when [Gm] I said [Am] goodbye.
_ [Bb] I [C] didn't know you'd act [Am] so fast.
[Ab] _ _ [Gm] Tell him [Am] that all of this [Bb] was just [Gb] misunderstanding.
[Gm] Tell him [C] you took me back [Ab] _ again.
You took me back [Bb]
again.
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ You believed I would leave.
[Dm] But that [Db] was just an [Cm] ugly rumor. _
_ [Eb] So instead, [Abm] I [Db] found a [Gb] friend.
A man without a [Ab] sense of [Bb] humor.
[B] I was only joking [Abm] when I said [Bbm]
goodbye.
[B] I [Db] didn't mean a [Bbm] single word.
[Eb] _
_ [Abm] How [Db] could I know that [B] you would take [G] me seriously?
[Abm] And [Bbm] find a new love [Bb] in your life?
[B] I was [Bm] only joking [Abm] when I [Gb] said goodbye.
[B] I [Db] didn't know you'd [Bbm] act so [A] fast.
_ [Abm] Tell [Bbm] him that all of [B] this was just [G]
misunderstanding.
[Abm] _ [Bbm] Tell him you took me [Bb] back again.
_ [B] I [Bb] was [Abm] only joking.
[Gb] _
_ [Ebm] Goodbye.
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [A]
Only [Abm] joking, [Bbm] though I really [B] mean [G] it, baby.
[Abm] _ Tell him you [Bbm] took me back.
_ [Bb] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
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_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _