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THE JOKE EXPLAINED - Wilco
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Tabbed by: jvwald
This tab is based on this YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/Z8U4zw84gyE?t=9m49s
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A x02220
E 022100
D x00232
G 320033
F#m 244222
A
I never held your gaze
E A E
I never know my place
D A
Oh, I stare at the eyes
E
Starin' at my face
A
It always ends in a tie
E A
There is no needing the divine
D A E
I cry at the joke explained
D A
Oh, but if I had known, if I had known
D E A E A
If I had known, I would've never believed
E A
I never smoked my chains
E A
Whoever measures the crest
D A E
Oh, they can have my broken chest
A
It's a staring contest
E A
In a hall of mirrors
D A E
I sweat tears, but I don't ever cry
D A
Oh, but if I had known, if I had known
D E A E A E
If I had known, I would've never believed
G D G D F#m E F#m E
A
I never knelt at a noose
E A
My pair perished in the pews
D A E
I climbed back into the yoke
A
It always ends in a tie
E A
There is no hitting the design
D A E
I cry at the joke explained
D A
Oh, but if I had known, if I had known
D E A
If I had known, I would've never believed
E A
I would've never believed
E D E A
I would've never believed
E A x2
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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