Sick Joke chords by Xana

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

     F#b
Write it in gold
       G#b
It could be retold
          C#b
But the ending gets old
F#b
They say you learn to know
          G#b
When it's time to go
       C#b    D#bm
Like a sick joke

Verse 1:
F#b       G#b          A#bm
These days I'm talking to myself again
       C#b           F#b
Reenacting conversations that never happened
        G#b       A#bm
I know what to say now when you ask me
         C#b        F#b
If everything I feel is temporary
            G#b          A#bm
I'm learning more about myself and it's scary
          C#b             F#b
Won't you let me live right here in the memory
      G#b         A#bm
Love me plenty, take this gently
      C#b        F#b
Leave me empty, leave me whole
         G#b
Call it what it is
          A#bm
It's a sick, sick joke

Chorus:
C#b         F#b
But nobody's laughing now
         G#b             A#bm
Wanna learn to love you, I just don't know how
          C#b            F#b
Swear I'm really trying but I'm all worn out
             G#b            A#bm
And all that happened hurt me more than I care to talk about
C#b        F#b
  Nobody's laughing now
        G#b              A#bm
Nothing ever changes and I'm sick of this town
         C#b         F#b
Will I find it in me to find a way out?
           G#b            C#b
I think I might feel better once I let you down

C#b E F#b G#b

Verse 2:
F#b        G#b       A#bm
Restless, overanalyzing everything
         C#b         F#b
You reached across these sheets for me
           G#b             A#bm
And though we never touched in that midnight glow
        C#b        F#b
Every part of me you begged to know
          G#b         A#bm
I look into your eyes and I see my own
     C#b        F#b
Almost like you always knew me
      G#b      A#bm
What a horrifying feeling
      C#b
(You were horrifying)

Pre-Chorus:
F#b          G#b
I only miss it a little
               A#bm
And I don't wish you very well
               C#b
You only loved me in riddles
                  F#b
But you still loved me, I could tell
               G#b
Now you call it a fever dream
           A#bm
Only kidding yourself
                C#b
(You're only kidding yourself)

Chorus:
        F#b
But nobody's laughing now
         G#b             A#bm
Wanna learn to trust you, I just don't know how
          C#b            F#b
Swear I'm really trying but I'm all worn out
             G#b            A#bm
And all that happened hurt me more than I care to talk about
C#b               F#b
 And I'm still checking my phone
               G#b
But you're no longer a contact
         A#bm
I'm good on my own
          C#b
And you already know that
          F#b
You swore to be true
              G#b
And you failed in the moment
            A#bm
They say it takes two but
     C#b
I blame you
       F#b
Nobody's laughing now
        G#b              A#bm
Nothing ever changes and I'm sick of this town
         C#b         F#b
Will I find it in me to find a way out?
           G#b            A#bm
I think I might feel better once I let you down

C#b E

Verse 3:
F#b             G#b
 I don't know what it means
              A#bm
Someday I'll find the meaning
           C#b
The wound still stings
              F#m
But I kinda like the bleeding
              G#b
Where'd you go? I don't know
             A#bm
But you oughta stay there
                C#b
Had to block you on the internet
         F#b
Cause I still care
          G#b            A#bm
It keeps me up at night like a bad, bad dream
          C#b             F#b
What if I never find someone who's just like me?
          G#b            A#bm
Our stars never aligned and we did a bad thing
          C#b             F#b
I hold onto these grudges like I wish you held me
          G#b       A#bm
Reluctantly surrender my incessant need
          C#b          F#b
For love so all consuming that it ruins me
          G#b            A#bm
You promised it was real, well I guess you misspoke
So call it what it is
(It's a sick, sick joke)

Chorus:
        F#b
And nobody's laughing now
         G#b         A#bm
I wanna be merciful, I don't know how
          C#b            F#b
Swear I'm really trying but I'm all worn out
             G#b            A#bm
And all that happened hurt me more than I care to talk about

Outro:
C#b             F#b           G#b
 And it goes against my nature to believe you're bad
            A#bm            C#b
But why'd you have to go and lie to me like that?
             F#b               G#b
There always comes a point when you have to have your own back
          A#bm         C#b
Now's as good a time as ever to learn that
         F#b          G#b
Thankful that I never gave you all of me
         A#bm         C#b
Now I get to walk away with everything
          F#b         G#b
If I linger in your memory, eradicate me
         A#bm          C#b
I never saw you coming but I felt you leave
          F#b
Nobody's laughing now
           G#b          A#bm
Gave myself the closure cause I did my best
           C#b            F#b
I hope you never find the guts to make amends
          G#b
Crying to my friends
         A#bm
Plotting my revenge
When all I really wanna know is why would you pretend?