JOKING (Amy Ray) ---------------- [The net result of all the instruments is G Em7 C(9) D, which you can play as 320033 022033 x32033 x00232, but actually, Amy just plays G Em C D, or 320003 022000 x32010 x00232. In other words, Amy never plays the D variations; that's Emily's part, way up high on the neck.] in[EDsus-D-D(9)-D tro] G Em7 You said the world was magic, I was wide-eyed and laughing C(9) D We were dancing up to the bright side G Em7 Forget about your ego, forget about your pride C(9) D D And you will never have to compromise G Em7 C(9) Dsus-D-D(9)-D And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother We talked about our mothers, kissed the wounds of our fathers I could've been your sister, I would've been your brother You kissed me like I was a soldier headed for war stop I'm a dying man, but I don't know what for G Em7 C(9) D And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother G Em7 C(9) D You were only joking, you were only joking, brother (Wide-eyed and laughing) (Dancing...) gu[EmC(9) D(9) itar solo] Gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet I bruised my heels on the swollen street We were girls in bars, boys on the town Bumping like a pinball off a careless crowd You said good friends are hard to come by I laughed and bought you a beer, it's too corny to cry Well, sentiment given or sentiment lost stop You shake it off with a smirk and a toss G Em7 C(9) D And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother G Em7 C(9) D You were only joking, you were only joking, brother G Em7 C(9) D And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother (Gravel and glass...) (I bruised my heels...) G Em7 C(9) D You were joking, you were only joking, brother (You kissed me like a soldier...) (I'm a dying man...) G Em7 C(9) D And you were only joking, you were only joking, brother (...dying man, but I don't know what for...) stop D D And you were only, and you were only, and you were only stop G Em7 C(9) Dsus-D-D(9)-D G n.c. Joking, brother One two three four... in[EmC(9) D(9) strumental] G Em7 C(9) D Sha-la, sha-la, sha-la, sha-la G Em7 C(9) D Sha-la, sha-la, sha-la, sha-la (Wide-eyed and laughing) (Dancing up to the bright side) repeat and fade - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com