Between A Laugh And A Tear chords by John Mellencamp

Chords with lyrics

The versions online are either taken from the "Rough Harvest" version or are just
wrong in general.

Between A augmentedA Laugh And A augmentedA Tear
Scarecrow (1985)

Intro-

C#C# A augmentedA G#G# BB F#F# C#C# BB

Riff #1
G-  9 11 9
D-7/11    11 9

Verse-played as regular chords and doubled with a muted guitar

Asus2Asus2 (x02200) E MajorE C# minorC#m Bsus2Bsus2 (x24400)

Asus2Asus2                 E MajorE
With paradise no longer fit for you to live in
C# minorC#m       Bsus2Bsus2
Your adolescent dreams are gone
Asus2Asus2                E MajorE
Through the days you feel a little used up
C# minorC#m             Bsus2Bsus2
Don't know where your energy's gone wrong
Asus2Asus2             E MajorE
Just your soul feeling a little downhearted
C# minorC#m              Bsus2Bsus2
Sometimes life is too ridiculous to live
Asus2Asus2             E MajorE
Count your friends all on one finger
C# minorC#m                       Bsus2Bsus2  (x24422)
I know it sounds crazy, it's just the way that we live

...until the "energy's gone wrong" line and then the muted turns into

Riff #2
E-0 0 x x x x x x
B-0 0 5 5 5 5 4 4
G-2 2 4 4 6 6 4 4
D----------------
A----------------
E----------------

End with an x24422 with the "we live"/"swing past" lines

Chorus-
     Asus2Asus2    E MajorE
Between a laugh and a tear
C# minorC#m          Bsus2Bsus2
Smile in the mirror as you walk by
     Asus2Asus2    E MajorE
Between a laugh and a tear
     C# minorC#m               Bsus2Bsus2            Asus2Asus2
That's as good as it gets for us but that ain't no reason to stop trying

The "solo" is played as...

G-  9 11 9
D-7/11    11 9

x3/Then....

G-  9 11 9   9 11 9   9 11b12 11 9 11
D-7/11    7/11    7/11

Hope that's clear enough. Questions or [email protected]