STEWART ROD - "i was only joking" Tablature

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Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 13:16:26 -0500
From: Dan Nicholas <nicholdb@istar.ca>
Subject: CRD:I Was Only Joking by Rod Stewart

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
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