John Mellencamp – Between A Laugh And A Tear chords

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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 #1G- 9 11 9D-7/11 11 9
Verse-played as regular chords and doubled with a muted guitar Asus2 (x02200) E C#m Bsus2 (x24400)
Asus2 EWith paradise no longer fit for you to live in
C#m Bsus2Your adolescent dreams are gone
Asus2 EThrough the days you feel a little used up
C#m Bsus2Don't know where your energy's gone wrong
Asus2 EJust your soul feeling a little downhearted
C#m Bsus2Sometimes life is too ridiculous to live
Asus2 ECount 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 #2E-0 0 x x x x x xB-0 0 5 5 5 5 4 4G-2 2 4 4 6 6 4 4D----------------A----------------E----------------
End with an x24422 with the "we live"/"swing past" lines Chorus-
Asus2 EBetween a laugh and a tear
C#m Bsus2Smile in the mirror as you walk by
Asus2 EBetween a laugh and a tear
C#m Bsus2 Asus2That'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 9D-7/11 11 9
x3/Then....
G- 9 11 9 9 11 9 9 11b12 11 9 11D-7/11 7/11 7/11
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