Chord Between A Laugh And A Tear by John Mellencamp

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 xb - 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