The Joker:Billy Myles.
#13 R&B and #25 on BB Hot 100 on
EMBER Records in 1957.

INTRO:  G

#1.
C                                  F
The joker is what they call me..my friends say I've
                Fm
never seemed so gay.
    C                      G              A
But if they only knew, how much I cry for you, their 
Am7            A            D  G
laughter would surely fade away.

#2.
    C               Cm   C      F
The joker is always laughing as though he's the
              Fm   Ab
gayest guy in town.
   C                           Gm7                Am7
He plays a winning part, while memories crush his heart,
               G               C
yet he goes on laughing like a clown.

BRIDGE:
  F        C       Fm                  C
I tried so hard to pretend, dear, that losing you meant 

nothing to me.
    F           C           Fm          Dm7
But till you're mine, once again, dear, make believe is all
             G
my life will be..(ha ha ha ha ha ha!)

#3.
    C                      C7       F
The joker, though he seems happy, because you have found 
        Fm       C                        G
someone new..but somewhere deep inside, beneath his strange 
A             D        G           C
disguise, the joker is crying over you.

BRIDGE:
  F        C       Fm                  C
I tried so hard to pretend, dear, that losing you meant 

nothing to me.
    F           C           Fm          Dm7
But till you're mine, once again, dear, make believe is all
             G
my life will be..(ha ha ha ha ha ha!)

OUTRO:
    C                      C7       F
The joker, though he seems happy, because you have found 
        Fm       C                        G
someone new..but somewhere deep inside, beneath his strange 
A             C    Am7 Em Am  Bb  F  Am7 B Bb C  F C
disguise, the jok..er.....is  crying ov..er   you.....(Fade.)


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.