The Joker Chords

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Difficulty:	absolute beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	3rd fret

Author LordDenning [a] 204.

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LordDenning [complete for scrolling]
 
Capo 3
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D     G                         A     G
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
D     G                       A     G
Some call me the gangster of love
D      G                A   G
Some people call me Maurice
          D              G           A    G
Cause' I speak of the pompetous of love
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
D  G             A           G
   People talk about me baby
D         G                   A          G
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
D   G                A            G
But don't you worry baby, don't worry
            D                       G                    A   G
Cause' I'm right here, right here, right here, right at home
 
 
[Chorus]
 
              D              G
Cause' I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
       D                G
I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner
D           G            A   G
Playin' my music in the sun
        D            G
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
       D          G
I'm a midnight toker
D          G            A
I get my lovin' on the run, Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
D   G   A   G   x4
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
D        G                    A          G
You're the cutest thing that I ever did see
  D                 G                A          G
I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree
D      G                         A             G
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time
D          G           A              G
Ooh wee baby, I sure show you a good time
 
 
[Chorus]
 
              D              G
Cause' I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
       D                G
I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner
D           G            A   G
Playin' my music in the sun
        D            G
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
       D          G
I'm a midnight toker
D            G               A
I sure don't want to hurt no one,
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
D   G   D   G   D   G   A   G   x3
 
D   G   D   G   D   G   A
 
A
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 
 
[Outro]
 
D  G             A           G
   People talk about me baby
D         G                   A          G
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
D   G                A            G
But don't you worry baby, don't worry
            D                       G                    A   G
Cause' I'm right here, right here, right here, right at home
 
D        G                    A          G
You're the cutest thing that I ever did see
  D                 G                A          G
I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree
D      G                         A             G
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time
D          G           A              G
Ooh wee baby, I sure show you a good time
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Sweet tab bruh

+17

As someone who can't play bar chords yet, I appreciate you making it easy for me to find something to play. Thank you!

Thanks all for the comments and feedback. I tab songs complete for autoscrolling and try to simplify as much as possible to make them easy to play. Selfishly, I tab them in the key I prefer to sing them in, but they should be easily transposed or adjusted with a capo.