Chords for The Smiths - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Tempo:
114.65 bpm
Chords used:
B
Bm
E
A
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[E] Park the car [F#] beside [B] the road
She [G#m] knows
[A] Times, times will smother you
[B] And [G#m] I [G] will try [A] to leave
[B] Won't laugh about you, hope
Cause it's [D#m] a very lonely, [E] lonely [F#]
[G#m] desire to die
[F#] But I'm [G#m] afraid
[A] It doesn't make me smile
[B] [G#m] I wish I [G] could [A] laugh
[G] But [E]
[G] that joke [Am] isn't [D] funny anymore
[E]
[G] It's too close to home and it's [Am] too near the [G] bone
It's too close to [D] home and it's too [G] near the bone
It's too close to home [F#m] and
[B] [G#m] [G] [A] [B]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [D] it's too [E] near the [B] bone
[F#] [D] [A]
Even when I fall down
[D] [E]
[B] [F#] [A]
[D] [E] [B]
[F#] [A]
It [D] [E] [G]
[E] [G] was dark as [A] I [D] drove upon [E] home
And [G] I'm callous, well it's [E] suddenly struck [G] me
I just [A] might die, [D] [E] [G] wake up, oh
[F#m] [G] [F#m] [B]
[G] [B]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [B] I've seen this happen
[Bm] In other people's [F#m] lives
[A] But now [C#m] it's happened [Bm] in mine
[B] I've seen this happen
[Bm] In other people's [F#m] lives
[A]
[C#m] [D] [E] [B]
[G#m] I [Bm] [A]
[C#m] [Bm] [E] [B] see this happen [G#m] [F#] in other [Bm] people's [A] lives.
[E] [Bm] I [B] see this happen [F#] in other [F#m] people's lives.
[E] [B] I [Bm] [A]
[Bm] [B] see this happen [F#] in other [F#m]
[C#m] [Bm] [B]
[F#] [Bm] people's lives.
[E]
[Bm] [E] [B] I see this happen in other people's lives.
[A] [C#m] [Bm] [B]
[F#] [A]
[E] [D] [E] [B]
[G#m] [Bm] [A]
[C#m] [Bm] [E] [B]
[F#m]
[Em] [E] [Bm] [B]
[G#] [F#m]
[E] [Bm] [B]
[G#] [A]
[B]
[Bm] [F#m]
[A] [B]
[G#] [F#m]
[A] [Bm] [B]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm] [B]
[Bm] [A]
[C#m] [B]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm] [B]
[G#]
[E] Park the car [F#] beside [B] the road
She [G#m] knows
[A] Times, times will smother you
[B] And [G#m] I [G] will try [A] to leave
[B] Won't laugh about you, hope
Cause it's [D#m] a very lonely, [E] lonely [F#]
[G#m] desire to die
[F#] But I'm [G#m] afraid
[A] It doesn't make me smile
[B] [G#m] I wish I [G] could [A] laugh
[G] But [E]
[G] that joke [Am] isn't [D] funny anymore
[E]
[G] It's too close to home and it's [Am] too near the [G] bone
It's too close to [D] home and it's too [G] near the bone
It's too close to home [F#m] and
[B] [G#m] [G] [A] [B]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [D] it's too [E] near the [B] bone
[F#] [D] [A]
Even when I fall down
[D] [E]
[B] [F#] [A]
[D] [E] [B]
[F#] [A]
It [D] [E] [G]
[E] [G] was dark as [A] I [D] drove upon [E] home
And [G] I'm callous, well it's [E] suddenly struck [G] me
I just [A] might die, [D] [E] [G] wake up, oh
[F#m] [G] [F#m] [B]
[G] [B]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [B] I've seen this happen
[Bm] In other people's [F#m] lives
[A] But now [C#m] it's happened [Bm] in mine
[B] I've seen this happen
[Bm] In other people's [F#m] lives
[A]
[C#m] [D] [E] [B]
[G#m] I [Bm] [A]
[C#m] [Bm] [E] [B] see this happen [G#m] [F#] in other [Bm] people's [A] lives.
[E] [Bm] I [B] see this happen [F#] in other [F#m] people's lives.
[E] [B] I [Bm] [A]
[Bm] [B] see this happen [F#] in other [F#m]
[C#m] [Bm] [B]
[F#] [Bm] people's lives.
[E]
[Bm] [E] [B] I see this happen in other people's lives.
[A] [C#m] [Bm] [B]
[F#] [A]
[E] [D] [E] [B]
[G#m] [Bm] [A]
[C#m] [Bm] [E] [B]
[F#m]
[Em] [E] [Bm] [B]
[G#] [F#m]
[E] [Bm] [B]
[G#] [A]
[B]
[Bm] [F#m]
[A] [B]
[G#] [F#m]
[A] [Bm] [B]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm] [B]
[Bm] [A]
[C#m] [B]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm] [B]
[G#]
Key:
B
Bm
E
A
G
B
Bm
E
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Park the car [F#] beside [B] the road
She [G#m] knows
_ [A] _ Times, times will smother you
[B] _ And [G#m] I [G] will try [A] to leave
[B] Won't laugh about you, hope
Cause it's [D#m] a very lonely, [E] lonely _ [F#]
[G#m] desire to die
[F#] But I'm [G#m] afraid _
[A] It doesn't make me smile
_ [B] _ [G#m] I wish I [G] could [A] laugh
_ [G] But _ _ [E] _ _
[G] that joke [Am] isn't [D] funny anymore
[E] _
[G] It's too close to home and it's [Am] too near the [G] bone
It's too close to [D] home and it's too [G] near the bone
It's too close to home _ [F#m] and _
[B] _ _ _ [G#m] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] it's too [E] near the [B] bone
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
Even when I fall down
[D] _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A]
It _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] was dark as [A] I [D] drove upon [E] home
And [G] I'm callous, well it's [E] suddenly struck [G] me
I just [A] might die, [D] _ _ [E] [G] wake up, oh
[F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] I've seen this happen
_ [Bm] In other people's [F#m] lives
[A] But now [C#m] it's happened [Bm] in mine
[B] I've seen this happen
_ [Bm] In other people's [F#m] lives
[A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [G#m] I [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] [B] see this happen _ [G#m] [F#] in other [Bm] people's [A] lives. _
[E] _ [Bm] I _ [B] _ see this happen [F#] in other [F#m] people's lives. _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] I _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] see this happen [F#] in other _ _ [F#m] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] people's lives.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [B] I see this happen _ in other people's lives.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[E] Park the car [F#] beside [B] the road
She [G#m] knows
_ [A] _ Times, times will smother you
[B] _ And [G#m] I [G] will try [A] to leave
[B] Won't laugh about you, hope
Cause it's [D#m] a very lonely, [E] lonely _ [F#]
[G#m] desire to die
[F#] But I'm [G#m] afraid _
[A] It doesn't make me smile
_ [B] _ [G#m] I wish I [G] could [A] laugh
_ [G] But _ _ [E] _ _
[G] that joke [Am] isn't [D] funny anymore
[E] _
[G] It's too close to home and it's [Am] too near the [G] bone
It's too close to [D] home and it's too [G] near the bone
It's too close to home _ [F#m] and _
[B] _ _ _ [G#m] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] it's too [E] near the [B] bone
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
Even when I fall down
[D] _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A]
It _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] was dark as [A] I [D] drove upon [E] home
And [G] I'm callous, well it's [E] suddenly struck [G] me
I just [A] might die, [D] _ _ [E] [G] wake up, oh
[F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] I've seen this happen
_ [Bm] In other people's [F#m] lives
[A] But now [C#m] it's happened [Bm] in mine
[B] I've seen this happen
_ [Bm] In other people's [F#m] lives
[A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [G#m] I [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] [B] see this happen _ [G#m] [F#] in other [Bm] people's [A] lives. _
[E] _ [Bm] I _ [B] _ see this happen [F#] in other [F#m] people's lives. _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] I _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] see this happen [F#] in other _ _ [F#m] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] people's lives.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [B] I see this happen _ in other people's lives.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _
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_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _