• Song:

    Sonny Bono - Laugh At Me

  • Artist:

    Misc Unsigned Bands

Laugh At Me:Sonny Bono.
#1 Canada RPM, #9 in UK and #10 on 
BB Hot 100 on ATCO Records in 1965.

***(CAPO FIRST FRET)***(Was gonna do it in Eb
                        but it sounds better
                        capoed 1st fret..to me,
                        anyway.)

INTRO: D G (x4)

#1.
D         G D           G     D           G
Why can't I be like any guy?..why do they try to 
        C     A
make me run?..son of a gun, now.
D            G     D                   G
What do they care, about the clothes I wear?s-
D             G                 C    A.u
Why get their kicks from making fun, yeah?e-

#2.
D                         G         D
This world's got a lot of space and if they don't 
        G              D         G        C      A
like my face..it ain't me that's going anywhere, no.
            D         G             D
So, I don't care..let them laugh at me.
G             D     G         Em        A
If that's the fare..I have to pay to be free..

BRIDGE:
           D            G        D
Then baby, laugh at me, and I'll cry for you.
G        D            G                   D
And I'll pray for you and I'll do all the things that 
                         A                   Em
the man upstairs says to do..I'll do 'em for you..
                                 A
I'll do 'em..I'll do 'em all for you.

#3.
A                   D      D                   G
It's gotta stop someplace..it's gotta stop sometime.
     D              G           D             G
I'll make sure that she's mine..and maybe the next guy
D                      G    D                  G
that don't wear a silk tie, he can walk by and say, hi..
     E     A        D      G        D       G        Dm
say, hi..instead of why..instead of why..instead of, why, 
D        G       D
babe, instead of why.

OUTRO:
D          G           D                  G
What did I do to you?..why?..I don't know what to do..(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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