{"id":3448,"date":"2021-10-17T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:31:38","slug":"i-started-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/i-started-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"I Started a Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Intro: [C] [Em] [F] [G] 2x<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[C Em F G] I started a joke, which started the whole world crying.\u00a0 But I didn’t see that the joke was on me, oh no<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[C Em F G] I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing.\u00a0 Oh, if I’d only seen that the joke was on me<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[Am] I looked at the [Em] skies.\u00a0 Running my [F] hands over my [C] eyes.\u00a0 And [Em] I fell out of [Am] bed.\u00a0 Hurting my [Dm] head from things that I’d [G] said<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[C Em F G]\u00a0 ‘Til I finally died, which started the whole world living.\u00a0 Oh, if I’d only seen that the joke was on me<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[Am] I looked at the [Em] skies.\u00a0 Running my [F] hands over my [C] eyes.\u00a0 And [Em] I fell out of [Am] bed.\u00a0 Hurting my [Dm] head from things that I’d [G] said<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[C Em F G]\u00a0 ‘Til I finally died, which started the whole world living.\u00a0 Oh, if I’d only seen that the joke was on me – Oh oh no. \u00a0 That the joke was on me – Oh, no, no, no<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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