Between A Laugh And A Tear chords

John Mellencamp

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Simplify chords 

  			

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 


          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...