Nat King Cole – This Will Make You Laugh (Guitar)

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A beautiful, seldom covered and obscure song from Nat King Cole, written by Irene Higginbotham, an African American composer of popular music. In 1944, at the age of 26, she wrote more than 50 published songs and possibly dozens more under a male pseudonym. [Chords] Dmaj7us2 x57655 Dmaj7 x57675 Em7 7x575x A7sus 575755 A13 5x5677 A7#5 5x566x Cdim 8x787x E9 7x6777 E13 7x6779 Bm7b5 7x776x Adim 5x454x B7 7x787x C9 3x2333

Db9     4x3444
D6add9  5x445x    best final chord ever

[Verse 1]

Dmaj7sus2            Dmaj7
This  will make you laugh

Em7  A7sus  Em7 A13       A7      A13 A7#5
I    staked my  dreams on you.

Dmaj7sus2          Dmaj7
This will make you laugh

Em7  A7sus Em7  A13         A7
they nev   er did come true.

Dmaj7                  B7 Cdim B7
I took a chance on the one  romance,

Bm         F#7          Bm
and vowed  it  couldn't miss.

E9               Cdim      E13    Bm7b5
But I should have known to never judge

Bm7b5 A7         A7#5  A7
  a   heart by a kiss.

[Verse 2]

Dmaj7sus2            Dmaj7
This will make you laugh

Em7  A7sus  Em7    A13 A7      A13 A7#5
I once be   lieved in  you.

Dmaj7sus2       Dmaj7
And  for all my love,

Em7 A7sus Em7  A13           A7
you did   n't see it through.

Em7                  Cdim       B7
Of all the fools, I  break the rule;

D          F#7       Cdim    B7
I love you still you see,

Em7       Adim     A7
This will make you laugh,

Em7 A7       Em7   A7 D
but it's not funny to me.

[Instrumental] Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7 Em7 A7sus Em7 A13 A7 A13 A7#5 Dmaj7sus2 Dmaj7 Em7 A7sus Em7 A13 A7 [Outro]

Em7                  Cdim       B7
Of all the fools, I  break the rule;

D          F#7       Cdim    B7
I love you still you see,

Em7       Adim     A7
This will make you laugh,

Em7 A7       Em7   A7 D    C9 Db9 D6add9
but it's not funny to me.