John Mellencamp - Between a laugh and a tear
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The versions online are either taken from the "Rough Harvest" version or are just
wrong in general.
Between A Laugh And A Tear
Scarecrow (1985)
Intro-
C# A G# B F# C# B
Riff #1
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B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------9-11-9-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7/11--------11-9--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Verse-played as regular chords and doubled with a muted guitar
Asus2 (x02200) E C#m Bsus2 (x24400)
Asus2With paradise no longer fit for you toE live in
C#mYour adolescent Bsus2dreams are gone
Asus2Through the days you feel a little uEsed up
C#mDon't know where your energyBsus2's gone wrong
Asus2Just your soul feeling a littleE downhearted
C#mSometimes life is too ridiculouBsus2s to live
Asus2Count your friends all on one Efinger
C#m Bsus2 (x24422)
I know it sounds crazy, it's just the way that we live
...until the "energy's gone wrong" line and then the muted turns into
Riff #2
E-0 0 x x x x x x|
B-0 0 5 5 5 5 4 4|
G-2 2 4 4 6 6 4 4|
D----------------|
A----------------|
E----------------|
End with an x24422 with the "we live"/"swing past" lines
Chorus-
Between a Asus2laugh and a Etear
C#mSmile in the mirror as Bsus2you walk by
Between a Asus2laugh and a Etear
That's as C#mgood as it gets for us but that Bsus2ain't no reason to stop tryinAsus2g
Solo
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D|-7/11--------11-9--7/11--------7/11--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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