Between a Laugh and a Tear Chords & Lyrics by John Mellencamp

Between a Laugh and a Tear

guitar chords lyrics

John Mellencamp

Album : On the Rural Route 7609 southern rock PlayStop



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
G- 9 11 9
D-7/11 11 9

Verse-played as regular chords and doubled with a muted guitar

Asus2 (x02200) E C#m Bsus2 (x24400)

Asus2 E
With paradise no longer fit for you to live in
C#m Bsus2
Your adolescent dreams are gone
Asus2 E
Through the days you feel a little used up
C#m Bsus2
Don't know where your energy's gone wrong
Asus2 E
Just your soul feeling a little downhearted
C#m Bsus2
Sometimes life is too ridiculous to live
Asus2 E
Count your friends all on one finger
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-
Asus2 E
Between a laugh and a tear
C#m Bsus2
Smile in the mirror as you walk by
Asus2 E
Between a laugh and a tear
C#m Bsus2 Asus2
That's as good as it gets for us but that ain't no reason to stop trying

The "solo" is played as...

G- 9 11 9
D-7/11 11 9

x3/Then....

G- 9 11 9 9 11 9 9 11b12 11 9 11
D-7/11 7/11 7/11

Hope that's clear enough. Questions or [email protected]

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