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Joy Without Pleasure Chords by Daniel Johnston

Joy Without Pleasure chords by Daniel Johnston

Guitar chords with lyrics

Key: G

🎸 Verse 1:
G      D     C      G
When I was a little kid
Em          Am      C    D      G
And all the people, they looked big
G      D        C      G
I never exactly understood
Em             Am      C   D  G
How to tell the tree from the wood




🎸 Chorus:
D               C     G
Joy without pleasure
Em            Am        C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all
D               C     G
Joy without pleasure
Em            Am          C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all
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🎸 Verse 2:
G            D       C         G
My Mama, she took me aside one day
Em                   Am        C    D     G
She said "you better have fun while you play"
G                    D            C      G
Cause someday you'll wake up and you'll be old
Em              Am            C   D    G
And all of your youth will be gone away

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

🎸 Chorus:
D               C     G
Joy without pleasure
Em            Am          C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all
D               C     G
Joy without pleasure
Em            Am          C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all

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

🎸 Outro:
D               C     G
Joy without pleasure
Em            Am          C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all
D               C     G
Joy without pleasure
Em            Am          C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all

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