I Was Only Joking chords by Rod Stewart

Chords with lyrics

I Was Only Joking
By Rod Stewart
Words & Music by (Stewart & Grainger) ASCAP 1977
>From the LP "Footloose and Fancy Free"
Transcribed by Dan Nicholas
[email protected]


This is the riff which is played after the Chorus

E-|----------------------|
B-|----------------------|
G-|----------------------|
D-|-0-2-4-2-0------------|
A-|-----------2-0-2-0----|
E-|----------------------|

Chords used...

EADGBE
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002220   A augmentedA
002120   Amaj7Amaj7
002020   A7A7
X00232   D MajorD
X00231   DmDm
022100   E MajorE


A augmentedA         Amaj7Amaj7
Ever since I was a ...
A7A7          D MajorD
I messed around with ...
DmDm        A augmentedA        E MajorE       A augmentedA
Apologized then realized I'm not ...
             Amaj7Amaj7     A7A7     D MajorD
Me & the boys thought we had it ...
DmDm           A augmentedA      E MajorE         A augmentedA
My dad said we looked ....


          Amaj7Amaj7   A7A7        D MajorD
In and out of jobs runnin free ...
DmDm           A augmentedA      E MajorE      A augmentedA
Some blank faces stare back at me ...
           Amaj7Amaj7       A7A7           D MajorD
Promises made in the heat of the night cree....
DmDm         A augmentedA         E MajorE        A augmentedA
I wasted all that preciou....

   A augmentedA     D MajorD E MajorE     A augmentedA
Cho...I was only jo-king ....
          D MajorD   E MajorE    A augmentedA
   Looking for a way to ....
          D MajorD E MajorE   A augmentedA
   What kind of fo-....
        E MajorE
   I could ..........Riff


A augmentedA       Amaj7Amaj7   A7A7          D MajorD
Never found a comprimise collected ...
DmDm         A augmentedA        E MajorE      A augmentedA
Illusions of that grand first ...
          Amaj7Amaj7   A7A7       D MajorD
Suzie baby you were good to me ...
DmDm            A augmentedA
But you took it all ...
E MajorE         A augmentedA
I guess it had ....


Cho...

Inst...verse,cho,verse,cho..


         Amaj7Amaj7    A7A7             D MajorD
Now you ask me if I'm sincere that's the ....
DmDm         A augmentedA          E MajorE            A augmentedA
The first seven is never clear but ....
           Amaj7Amaj7    A7A7             D MajorD
I'll try to give you all you want but ...
DmDm                A augmentedA    E MajorE        A augmentedA
If that's the case it's pointless ....
           Amaj7Amaj7     A7A7          D MajorD
'Cause what I'm doin must be ....
DmDm         A augmentedA        E MajorE         A augmentedA
Owning up for prosperity for the ...
          Amaj7Amaj7    A7A7           D MajorD
Quietly now while I turn a page Act 20's ...
  DmDm            A augmentedA
The principal would like ....
   E MajorE         A augmentedA
The crowd ....


Dan Nicholas
Heldan Enterprises
e-mail: [email protected]
e-mail: [email protected]
e-mail: [email protected]
e-mail: [email protected]
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