Between A Laugh And A Tear Chords & Tabs
Between A Laugh And A Tear Chords
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)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_mellencamp/between_a_laugh_and_a_tear_crd.html ]
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 comments-BlindTerry333@gmail.com
