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Pulp
Joking Aside
(Jarvis Cocker) 
Intro
E   A   E   A   F#m  G#m  A  G  E
I Ehate to complain, you know
ABut then again
I Ecannot pretend nothing's Awrong
F#mLooking at my present G#msituation
The Aact cannot Glast for Elong
Viewed from outside
These pursuits I've not tried
Seem possessed of a certain allure
Now they're no longer a source of mystery
My faith in them's more unsure
Chorus
Now the Atime to play is Bover
C#mTime to dispose of the Glies
F#Time to show what's G#mreally on my AmindG  
Yes I'd Alike to turn you Bover
To C#msee what's on your other Gside
To F#see if the G#mproblem's in my AmindG  
In my AmindG  F#  E  
The choice is quite clear
To move on or stay here
The decision is harder to take
To reject what I have
For something unstable
Could easily be a mistake
So I walk round the place
With a smile on my face
Pretending the best that I can
Hoping to lose the inclination
To desire what I can't understand
And the time to play is over
Time to dispose of the lies
Time to show what's really on my mind
Yes I'd like to turn you over
To see what's on your other side
To see if the problem's in my mind
In my mind
(La la la la la la la la la la...)
Now the time to play is over
Time to dispose of the lies
Time to show what's really on my mind
Yes I'd like to turn you over
To see what's on your other side
Like to turn it over in my mind
In my mind
In my mind
In my mind
In my mind

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Joking Aside

by Pulp

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F#m

G#m

C#m

Pulp

Joking Aside

(Jarvis Cocker)

Intro

E A E A F#m G#m A G E

I hate to complain, you know

But then again

E A

I cannot pretend nothing's wrong

F#m G#m

Looking at my present situation

A G E

The act cannot last for long

Viewed from outside

These pursuits I've not tried

Seem possessed of a certain allure

Now they're no longer a source of mystery

My faith in them's more unsure

Chorus

A B

Now the time to play is over

C#m G

Time to dispose of the lies

F# G#m A G

Time to show what's really on my mind

A B

Yes I'd like to turn you over

C#m G

To see what's on your other side

F# G#m A G

To see if the problem's in my mind

A G F# E

In my mind

The choice is quite clear

To move on or stay here

The decision is harder to take

To reject what I have

For something unstable

Could easily be a mistake

So I walk round the place

With a smile on my face

Pretending the best that I can

Hoping to lose the inclination

To desire what I can't understand

And the time to play is over

Time to dispose of the lies

Time to show what's really on my mind

Yes I'd like to turn you over

To see what's on your other side

To see if the problem's in my mind

In my mind

(La la la la la la la la la la...)

Now the time to play is over

Time to dispose of the lies

Time to show what's really on my mind

Yes I'd like to turn you over

To see what's on your other side

Like to turn it over in my mind

In my mind

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