Practical Joker
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by The Swingers
(From the 1981 Album PRACTICAL JOKER)
[Intro]
N.C.
I'm just a practical kind of joker, just a joker
N.C. G
Hey!
G
Do you remember the time I tied your shoelaces together
G
And you tripped over and fell flat on your face and how we all laughed?
G
Ha-ha-hey!
[Chorus 1]
G
I don't believe in doing things by halves
G
People think I'm crazy, but I'm really daft
G
I'll do anything to get a laugh
G
Daytime - nighttime - yeah I'm - practical joker. whoo-ooh!
A Bb
I'll pull your leg if you pull mine
G
I'll laugh at your jokes if you laugh at mine
G
Ha-ha-ha...
[Chorus 2]
G
I do believe in my bag of tricks
G
I'll do anything to get my kicks
G
Everybody in laughing fits
G
Daytime - nighttime - yeah I'm - practical joker
G
Nin-nin-nin..... whoo-ooh
G
Come on now, join in, come on
G
Nin-nin-nin..... whoo-ooh
A Bb
I'll scratch your back if you scratch back
G
I'll climb your tree if you climb mine
G A G
Ha-ha-ha...
G
Hey-hey! ok whose the wise guy?
A G Em F
I'm just a practical kind of joker, just a joker
A G Em F
I'm just a practical kind of joker, regular bloke yeah
G
Ha-ha-ha... whoo-ooh
G
Hey killjoy!
F
Do you remember the time your cigarette stuck in the gap
Em
In your front teeth and I put it out
G
With the fire extinguisher and a cup of hot coffee?
G
Hey-hey! come on now
C G C G C G
Nin-nin-nin... whoo-ooh
[Outro]
G
Daytime - nighttime - yeah I'm - Practical Joker
G
Daytime - nighttime - yeah I'm - Practical Joker
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