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Between a Laugh and a Tear

🎤 John Mellencamp 🎵 Key: C
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The versions online are either taken from the "Rough Harvest" version or are just wrong in general. Between A Laugh And A Tear Scarecrow (1985) Intro- CAGBFCB Riff #1 G919 D19/11 Verse-played as regular chords and doubled with a muted guitar Asus2 (x02200) E C#m Bsus2 (x24400) Asus2 E With paradise no longer fit for you to live in C#m Bsus2 Your adolescent dreams are gone Asus2 E Through the days you feel a little used up C#m Bsus2 Don't know where your energy's gone wrong Asus2 E Just your soul feeling a little downhearted C#m Bsus2 Sometimes life is too ridiculous to live Asus2 E Count your friends all on one finger C#m Bsus2 (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 G2446644 D---------------- A---------------- E---------------- End with an x24422 with the "we live"/"swing past" lines Chorus- Asus2 E Between a laugh and a tear C#m Bsus2 Smile in the mirror as you walk by Asus2 E Between a laugh and a tear C#m Bsus2 Asus2 That's as good as it gets for us but that ain't no reason to stop trying The "solo" is played as... G919 D19/11 x3/Then.... G919919911112 D77/11 Hope that's clear enough. Questions or comments-BlindTerry333@gmail.com
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