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I Was Only Joking by Rod Stewart

I Was Only Joking chords by Rod Stewart

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I Was Only Joking
By Rod Stewart
Words & Music by (Stewart & Grainger) ASCAP 1977
>From the LP "Footloose and Fancy Free"
Transcribed by Dan Nicholas
nicholdb@istar.ca


This is the riff which is played after the Chorus

E-|----------------------|
B-|----------------------|
G-|----------------------|
D-|-0-2-4-2-0------------|
A-|-----------2-0-2-0----|
E-|----------------------|
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Chords used...

EADGBE
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002220   A
002120   Amaj7
002020   A7
X00232   D
X00231   Dm
022100   E


A         Amaj7
Ever since I was a ...
A7          D
I messed around with ...
Dm        A        E       A
Apologized then realized I'm not ...
             Amaj7     A7     D
Me & the boys thought we had it ...
Dm           A      E         A
My dad said we looked ....


          Amaj7   A7        D
In and out of jobs runnin free ...
Dm           A      E      A
Some blank faces stare back at me ...
           Amaj7       A7           D
Promises made in the heat of the night cree....
Dm         A         E        A
I wasted all that preciou....



   A     D E     A
Cho...I was only jo-king ....
          D   E    A
   Looking for a way to ....
          D E   A
   What kind of fo-....
        E
   I could ..........Riff


A       Amaj7   A7          D
Never found a comprimise collected ...
Dm         A        E      A
Illusions of that grand first ...
          Amaj7   A7       D
Suzie baby you were good to me ...
Dm            A
But you took it all ...
E         A
I guess it had ....


Cho...

Inst...verse,cho,verse,cho..


         Amaj7    A7             D
Now you ask me if I'm sincere that's the ....
Dm         A          E            A
The first seven is never clear but ....
           Amaj7    A7             D
I'll try to give you all you want but ...
Dm                A    E        A
If that's the case it's pointless ....
           Amaj7     A7          D
'Cause what I'm doin must be ....
Dm         A        E         A
Owning up for prosperity for the ...
          Amaj7    A7           D
Quietly now while I turn a page Act 20's ...
  Dm            A
The principal would like ....
   E         A
The crowd ....


Dan Nicholas
Heldan Enterprises
e-mail: nicholdb@istar.ca
e-mail: dan.nicholas@ottawa.com
e-mail: az252@freenet.carleton.ca
e-mail: dan.nicholas@homemail.com
http://home.istar.ca/~nicholdb

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