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-|----------------------|
Chords used... EADGBE ====== 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