Gino Vannelli – The Jokers Wild (Guitar)

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|F6 |Em7 |Dm7 |Cmaj7 | |F6 |Em7 |Bbadd9 | |
F6            Em7                Dm7              Cmaj7
    Sound the trumpets   for the princess and her fool

F6            Em7                     Esus4  E
    A joke, a jester just to make her smile

F6         Em7                  Dm7            Cmaj7
    Silver bells on his hat and on his pointed shoes

F6               Em7              Bb9-5
   Tears rolling down his cheeks
As he dances in the aisles
Am7                   G6                     Fmaj9    G6
     Watch the little funny man stand on his head

Am7                  G6                           Fmaj9
     Watch the silly minstrel with his empty arms spread

    Em7               Bb9-5
His life hanging by a thread

    G     C/G     F
The jo-   ker's   wild

D/F#                     G
    Can't you see by his eyes

    C/G        F
The jo-  ker's wild

D7/F#                                G
       Can't you see through his dis guise

    C/G      F           Gsus4        Fmaj9   Em7
The jo- ker's wild           about you

          Dm7           Cmaj7
Watch him juggle on one foot

F6              Em7       Bb9-5
    Maybe a rid dle for a damsel in distress

Fmaj13                     Em7
         He's just a clown in a court of thieves

        Dm7              Cmaj7
Who con spire for a kiss

Fmaj13                       Em7          Bb9-5
      It's off with his head      dare he show his lonliness

Am7                   G6                    Fmaj9    G6
     Watch the little funny man walk on his hands

Am7                G6                     Fmaj9
    See the little princess laugh as hard as she can

    Em7                   Bb9-5
her every wish is his com mand

    G     C/G     F
The jo-   ker's   wild

D/F#                     G
    Can't you see by his eyes

    C/G        F
The jo-  ker's wild

D7/F#                                G
       Can't you see through his dis guise

    C/G  F             Gsus4
The jo-  ker's wild          about

|Abmaj9      |Gm7     |Fm7     |Ebmaj7     |
 you

|Abmaj13    |Gm7      |Db9+11   |           |
                 nahhh hooo

Cm7                   Bb6                    Abmaj9    Bb6
     Watch the little funny man stand on his head

Am7                  G6                           Fmaj9
     Watch the silly minstrel with his empty arms spread

    Em7          Bb9
His life hanging by a thread

    G     C/G     F
The jo-   ker's   wild

D/F#                     G
    Can't you see by his eyes

         C/G   F
The jo-  ker's wild

D7/F#                        G
       Can't you see through his disguise

        C/G   F       Gsus4
The jo- ker's wild           about

|Fmaj9        |Em7         |Dm7        |Cmaj7        |you
 you

|Fmaj9        |Em7         |Dm7        |Cmaj7        |
                                ye-e-e-e-eah

Fmaj9         Em7      Dm7                 Cmaj7
        (The  jokers   wild )  the Joker?s wi-i-ild

       Fmaj9        Em7               Dm7      Cmaj7
 ( The joker's      wild )
the joker?s wild
              Fmaj9       Em7     BbaddC
(the jokers   wild )
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