Chords for The Detroit Spinners - Living a little, Laughing a little. 1975

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[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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_ He's the [F] best [Bb] one in town.
[Am] _
_ [Dm] _ [E] Right [F] _ _ [Cm] on his merry [F]-go-round, [Gm] spinning faster [Eb] than sound.
Uh [Gm]-huh, _ uh [Ebm]-huh. _
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Laughs as the funny [C] man cries, though his makeup [Bb] is _ smeared.
[Dm] Uh-huh.
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[Bb] Laugh at [Eb] his comical [F] tears, as [Gm] he thinks [Eb] of the [Dm] years.
Uh [Gm]-huh, _ _ [Ebm] uh-huh.
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[Ebm] _ _ [Bb] Living just a little, [Gm] laughing just a little, [Eb] ain't easy.
_ Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[Bb] Living just a little, [Gm] laughing just a [Ab] little, ain't [Eb] easy.
_ [Ab] Uh-huh. No, no.
[F] Laughs [G] everyone at [C] the fool, with his heart [Bb] in his hand.
[Dm] Uh-huh.
_ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] Still he can't [Eb] quite [F] understand, [Gm] that he's less than [Eb] a man.
_ [Dm]
[Gm] Uh-huh, _ _ uh-huh.
[Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] Lost somewhere deep in [C] his shell, [Dm] there's an ember [Bb] of pride.
[Am] Uh [Dm]-huh.
_ _ _ [Bb] Watch how he tries hard [F] to hide, that he's [Gm] dying [Eb] inside.
_ [Gm] Uh-huh, _ uh [Ebm] _
-huh.
_ [Gb] _ [Ebm] Hey, [F] we're living just a little, [Gm] laughing just a little, [Ab]
[Eb] ain't easy.
_ [Ab] Uh [Eb]-huh, [Bb] uh-huh.
Living just a little, [Gm] laughing just a little, [Ab]
ain't [Eb] easy.
_ [Ab] Uh [Eb]-huh.
No, no, [F] no, no, no.
Living [Bb] just a [Gm] little, laughing just a [Ab] little, ain't [Eb] easy.
_ [Ab] Uh [Eb]-huh.
[Bb] Living just _ _ _ [Gm] a little, laughing just a [Ab] little, ain't [Eb] easy.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] Uh-huh.
_ [Bb]
Living just [Gm] a little, laughing just a [Ab] little, ain't [Eb] easy.
_ [Ab] Uh-huh.
No, [Eb] no, no, [F] no, no.
Living [Bb] just a [Gm] _ little, laughing just a [Ab] little, [Eb] ain't easy.
[Ab] _ [Eb] Uh-huh.
_ [Bb]
Living just [Gm] a little, laughing just a little, [Ab] _
[Eb] ain't easy.
[Ab] Uh-huh.
[Eb] Won't you help me?
[F] Could you help me?
[Bb] I [Gm] want to laugh sometimes.
[Ab] Wait [Eb] a [Ab] minute.
Hey!
[Eb] Hey, [Bb]
hey, hey!
_ _ [Gm] _ _ My, [Ab] oh, _ [Eb] _ [Ab] oh.
_ [Eb] Sometimes you [Bb] feel like you're riding on a cloud.
_ [Gm] But quiet out loud, [Ab] things go wrong.
[Eb] The next [Ab] minute, the next hour, [Eb] the next day, things [F] ain't the same.
No, no, no, no, no, [Gm] no.
_ No, [Ab] it ain't easy.
[Eb] _ [Ab] Let me hear you say it.
Can I [Eb] hear you say it?
Do it one [Bb] more time for me.
I've [Gm] been busy.
_ One [Ab] day I'll be [Eb] free.
I'll be [Ab] smiling again.
I'll be [Eb] smiling again.
I'll be [Bb] smiling.
_ Oh!
[Gm] Laughing just a little, ain't easy.
I'm [Ab] trying to do [Eb] it.
Just a little bit.
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