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Laughin Man

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Intro:    F    A    D7    G    C7  F  
FThey call him the lauAghin' D7man, with the GlaugC7hin' Fplan
He's got a lauAghin' D7place and a GlaugC7hin' Fface
If C7trouble tries to G7trouble in and C7tries to snake its G7rattle in
The C7laughin' man begins to G7grin and C7trouble runs aG7way
And G7when the devil D7tries to creep inG7to his dreams and D7tries to sleep
The G7laughin' man a D7dream away a G7slack, a slack a D7day
But the laughin' man uses his laughin' plan
He's got a laughin' place and a laughin' face
So the Laughin' man uses his laughin' plan
He just grins and smiles the laugin' man's way 
Then he makes the devil curse and run away
So when you're feeling down and feelin' blue
Just think of what the laughin' man might do
Just draw yourself a nice and cozy bath
Then look in the mirror and laugh, laugh, laugh
They call him the laughin' man... 

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Laughin Man

by Harry Nilsson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F A D7 G C7 F

Intro:

F A D7 G C7 F

They call him the laughin' man, with the laughin' plan

A D7 G C7 F

He's got a laughin' place and a laughin' face

C7 G7 C7 G7

If trouble tries to trouble in and tries to snake its rattle in

C7 G7 C7 G7

The laughin' man begins to grin and trouble runs away

G7 D7 G7 D7

And when the devil tries to creep into his dreams and tries to sleep

G7 D7 G7 D7

The laughin' man a dream away a slack, a slack a day

But the laughin' man uses his laughin' plan

He's got a laughin' place and a laughin' face

So the Laughin' man uses his laughin' plan

He just grins and smiles the laugin' man's way

Then he makes the devil curse and run away

So when you're feeling down and feelin' blue

Just think of what the laughin' man might do

Just draw yourself a nice and cozy bath

Then look in the mirror and laugh, laugh, laugh

They call him the laughin' man...

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