Punchlines
me@owenm.co.uk
Transcribed by Owen Marriott
202100
E/F# -
7978(10)7
B7 -
E B C#m A
I must admit I find it funny
E B C#m A
But I might have known she?d find it dumb
E B C#m A
The air hostess and the blow-up dummy
E B C#m A
I?m in stitches and she?s twiddling her thumbs
D Dsus4 D A
She hasn?t laughed once
Play E B C#m A through twice
E B C#m A
She thinks there?s something wrong with my sense of humour
E B C#m A
And I think there?s something wrong with hers
E B C#m A
Once upon a time she was easily amused
E B C#m A
But now I think that joke might be getting worse
D Dsus4 D A D/F#
It was funny at first
E A F#m B
I?m overjoyed when she understands
E A F#m B
I could make her chuckle if she gave me half a chance
E A F#m B
But the most she ever gives me is a second glance
E A B
She never gets a kick out of my punchlines
Play E B C#m A through twice
E B C#m A
I saw her smiling during Gilligan?s Island
E B C#m A
I suspect sarcastically
E B C#m A
Despite myself, I?m beside myself
E B C#m A
My sides are splitting but so is she
D Dsus4 D A D/F#
She?s laughing at me
E A F#m B
I?m overjoyed when she understands
E A F#m B
I could make her chuckle if she gave me half a chance
E A F#m B
But the most she ever gives me is a second glance
E A B
She only ever gets a kick out of my punchlines
B7
Sometimes
instrumental break
EB
BC#m
FAm
AB
CD
E A
Give me half a chance....
E A
Give me half a chance....
E A D
Give me half a chance....
to end