[Intro]
(acoustic guitar [open D] w/bass):
  D
e|-----------------| 
B|-----------------| 
G|---------7-5-4---| 
D|---------------7-| 
A|-----------------| 
E|-----------------|
G    Bm    C    D    x2
[Strophe]
G            Bm   C 
I started a joke 
                  D          G      Bm   C 
Which started the whole world crying 
    D         G   Bm   C 
But I didn't see 
          D         G   Bm  C  D 
That the joke was on me, oh no
[Strophe]
G            Bm   C 
I started to cry 
                  D          G        Bm   C 
Which started the whole world laughing 
       D          G      Bm   C 
Oh, if I'd only seen 
         D            G 
That the joke was on me
[Refrain]
Em               Bm 
I looked at the skies 
             C            G 
Running my hands over my eyes 
    Bm            Em 
And I fell out of bed 
Em/D       Am 
Hurting my head 
                      D     N.C. 
From things that I'd said
[Strophe]
G            Bm      C 
'Til I finally died 
                 D            G      Bm   C 
Which started the whole world living 
  C    D       G      Bm   C 
Oh, if I'd only seen 
         D           G 
That the joke was on me
[Refrain]
Em               Bm 
I looked at the skies 
             C            G 
Running my hands over my eyes 
    Bm            Em 
And I fell out of bed 
Em/D       Am 
Hurting my head 
                      D     N.C. 
From things that I'd said
[Strophe]
G            Bm    C 
'Til I finally died 
                  D           G      Bm   C 
Which started the whole world living 
       D          G      Bm   C 
Oh, if I'd only seen 
         D           G   Bm   C 
That the joke was on me
[Outro]
          D         G   Bm  C  D 
That the joke was on me 
G   Bm   C   D    G 
Oh...