Laughing

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1992 03:00:15 GMT

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This is the first song I've ever really completely figured out. Hope

you enjoy it. If you find any mistakes please let me know.

Also, if anyone has any the chords for Jim Croce's "I'll Have to Say I

Love You in a Song", I would greatly appreciate their posting (or emailing)

it.

David

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Laughing

The Guess Who

Verse 1:

x---------x------------x-----------------x------------------x- E

x---------x------------x-----------------x------------------x- A

x---------x------------x-----------------x------------------x- D

6---------6------------6-----------------6------------------6- G

5---------5------------6-----------------7------------------8- B

5---------5------------5-----------------5------------------5- E

I should laugh, but I cry, because your love has passed me by.

------------------x---------------------x---------------x----- E

------------------x---------------------x---------------x----- A

------------------x---------------------x---------------x----- D

------------------6---------------------5---------------4----- G

------------------7---------------------6---------------5----- B

------------------5---------------------5---------------4----- E

You took me by surprise. You didn't realize that I was waiting.

E A Dm-maj7

|Time goes slowly, but carries on.

|

|And now the best years have come and gone.

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|You took me by surprise.

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|I didn't realize that you were laughing.

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|D A D

|Laughing - look what you're doing to me.

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|D A D

|Laughing - this ain't the way it should be.

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|You took away everything I had, you put the hurt on me.

|

|(repeat last three lines)

Verse 2: (same pattern as Verse 1)

I go alone now calling your name after losing at the game.

You took me by surprise. I didn't realize that you were laughing.

(chorus)

(ad lib to fade)

Chords:

EADGBE

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A x02220

A7 x02020

D xx0232

Dmaj7 xx0222

Dm-maj7 xx0221

E 022100

F xx3211