{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":647872,"song":"The Joke","artist":"Lifehouse","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/647872-the-joke-chords-by-lifehouse/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/647872?type=chord","rating":4.46255,"votes":3,"content":"LIFEHOUSE\r\n\r\nSong: THE JOKE\r\n\r\nTuning: It’s normal tuning but sometimes when they play it live they use ½ step down tuning.\r\n\r\nI’ve been searching for this tab everywhere but just couldn’t  find one that sounded \r\n So here is the way I play it!  Any suggestions please send me an email.\r\nEmail: torombolo70@hotmail.com\r\nThere are some chords that I don’t know the name so I called them X and Z as you’ll see \r\nPay attention in the intro chorus he just plays Dm and Gm. These also repeats again \r\nthe last chorus.\r\n\r\nChorus and  Slow Verse            Pre- Chorus\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A#m[/ch]      X         [ch]C[/ch]       Z\r\nE-----5-----3-----5------------1-------x---------0-------x---|\r\nB-----6-----3-----5------------2-------2---------1-------2---|\r\nG-----7-----3-----6------------3------ 3---------0-------2---|\r\nD-----7-----5-----7------------3-------3---------2-------x---|\r\nA-----5-----5-----7------------1-------2---------3-------4---|\r\nE-----x-----3-----5------------x-------x---------x-------x---|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       Part after the second chorus\r\n         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n E-------2-----------3-----------0-----------0---------------|\r\n B-------3-----------3-----------1-----------2---------------|\r\n G-------2-----------3---------- 0-----------2---------------|\r\n D------ 0-----------5-----------2-----------2---------------|\r\n A-------------------5-----------3-----------0---------------|\r\n E-------------------3-----------x-----------x---------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen you find me in the morning[/tab]\r\nHanging on a warning\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nOh... The joke is on you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou said you were pretending[/tab]\r\nHere's to unhappy endings\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh... The joke is on you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo make sure yesterday doesn't repeat[/tab]\r\nI took a shortcut home\r\nA left on the street\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI know they won't find me here[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI found out how to make mama proud[/tab]\r\nBe real quiet, don't talk too loud\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI try, try to disappear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A#m[/ch]\r\nMy life is for the taking[/tab]\r\n[tab]    X                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBreakdown is awaking me[/tab]\r\n            Z\r\nI'm ending all this pain\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen you find me in the morning[/tab]\r\nHanging on a warning\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh... The joke is on you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou said you were pretending[/tab]\r\nHere's to unhappy endings\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh... The joke is on you[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThis is my last day[/tab]\r\nShould have been my first kiss\r\nThink to myself will I ever be missed?\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI hope... Or maybe I don't care[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI wear my T around my neck[/tab]\r\nI love them so much\r\nGonna love them to death\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTonight...  I See the world through my eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A#m[/ch]\r\nMy life is for the taking[/tab]\r\n[tab]    X                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBreakdown is erasing me[/tab]\r\n      Z\r\nI'm ending all this pain\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy great escape[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIs my biggest mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI think you better turn around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon't throw it away[/tab]\r\nToday... Today...\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen you find me in the morning[/tab]\r\nHanging on a warning\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nOh... The joke is on you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou said you were pretending[/tab]\r\nHere's to unhappy endings\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh... The joke is on you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe joke is on you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe joke is on you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe joke is on you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe joke is on you[/tab]","plain_text":"LIFEHOUSE\n\nSong: THE JOKE\n\nTuning: It’s normal tuning but sometimes when they play it live they use ½ step down tuning.\n\nI’ve been searching for this tab everywhere but just couldn’t  find one that sounded \n So here is the way I play it!  Any suggestions please send me an email.\nEmail: torombolo70@hotmail.com\nThere are some chords that I don’t know the name so I called them X and Z as you’ll see \nPay attention in the intro chorus he just plays Dm and Gm. These also repeats again \nthe last chorus.\n\nChorus and  Slow Verse            Pre- Chorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHanging on a warning\n\n\nHere's to unhappy endings\n\n\n\n\nI took a shortcut home\nA left on the street\n\n\nBe real quiet, don't talk too loud\n\n\n\n\n            Z\nI'm ending all this pain\n\n\nHanging on a warning\n\n\nHere's to unhappy endings\n\n\nShould have been my first kiss\nThink to myself will I ever be missed?\n\n\nI love them so much\nGonna love them to death\n\n\n\n\n      Z\nI'm ending all this pain\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\nToday... Today...\n\n\nHanging on a warning\n\n\nHere's to unhappy endings","chords":["Dm","Gm","A","A#m","C","E","B","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}