Between a Laugh and a Tear Lyrics

by John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp Between a Laugh and a Tear Lyrics

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-
Riff #1
Verse-played as regular chords and doubled with a muted guitar
With paradise no longer fit for you to live in
Your adolescent dreams are gone
Through the days you feel a little used up
Don't know where your energy's gone wrong
Just your soul feeling a little downhearted
Sometimes life is too ridiculous to live
Count your friends all on one finger
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
End with an x24422 with the "we live"/"swing past" lines
Chorus-
Between a laugh and a tear
Smile in the mirror as you walk by
Between a laugh and a tear
That's as good as it gets for us but that ain't no reason to stop trying
The "solo" is played as...
x3/Then....
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