Joy Without Pleasure chords by Daniel Johnston

Chords with lyrics

Key: G+G

🎸 Verse 1:
G+G   D MajorD   C majorC   G+G
When I was a little kid
E minorEm     A minorAm   C majorC  D MajorD   G+G
And all the people, they looked big
G+G   D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
I never exactly understood
E minorEm       A minorAm   C majorC  D MajorD G+G
How to tell the tree from the wood



🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD        C majorC   G+G
Joy without pleasure
E minorEm      A minorAm    C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all
D MajorD        C majorC   G+G
Joy without pleasure
E minorEm      A minorAm     C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all

🎸 Verse 2:
G+G      D MajorD    C majorC     G+G
My Mama, she took me aside one day
E minorEm          A minorAm    C majorC  D MajorD   G+G
She said "you better have fun while you play"
G+G          D MajorD      C majorC   G+G
Cause someday you'll wake up and you'll be old
E minorEm       A minorAm      C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
And all of your youth will be gone away

🎸 Verse 3:
G+G          D MajorD      C majorC   G+G
And you'll work in a factory and earn your pay
     E minorEm     A minorAm    C majorC  D MajorD   G+G
And your fingers will rot and your mind will decay
G+G        D MajorD          C majorC    G+G
You'll be happy, so happy, with your family and house
E minorEm          A minorAm    C majorC  D MajorD   G+G
But you'll never, you'll never enjoy yourself

🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD        C majorC   G+G
Joy without pleasure
E minorEm      A minorAm     C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all
D MajorD        C majorC   G+G
Joy without pleasure
E minorEm      A minorAm     C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all

🎸 Verse 4:
G+G         D MajorD   C majorC   G+G
The son of Charles Dickens and a little red hen
E minorEm     A minorAm   C majorC  D MajorD   G+G
Dance the Watusi like it was a sin
G+G      D MajorD         C majorC   G+G
They try to enjoy it, but they feel so guilty
E minorEm      A minorAm     C majorC   D MajorD   G+G
Guilt won't allow you to enjoy stolen apples

🎸 Outro:
D MajorD        C majorC   G+G
Joy without pleasure
E minorEm      A minorAm     C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all
D MajorD        C majorC   G+G
Joy without pleasure
E minorEm      A minorAm     C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all