Cracking Up Cifras

CRACKING UP
As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
(1985 recording from the 1995 Boxset PLAYBACK)
 
 
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Cracking up getting ready to go
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Had enough I can't take any more
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No pills that I can take
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This is too real and there ain't no escape
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
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It scares the daylight making nightmares
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I'm chancing I'm nervous
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And everybody's all around me
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Shaking hands and saying howdy
 
 
[Chorus]
Eb      Bb         F                        C
I don't think it's funny no more cracking up
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Cracking up like a worn out shoe
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I ain't wet but the world leaking through
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I'd run but I'd find no place
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I'd laugh but it's wrecking me
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb
Make you shiver make you shake
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Make a monster just like an earthquake
Bb
Everybody's having fun
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I don't know how they can carry on
 
 
[Chorus]
Eb      Bb         F                        C
I don't think it's funny no more cracking up
Eb      Bb         F                        C
I don't think it's funny no more cracking up
 
 
[Interlude]
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[Pre-Chorus]
Bb
The dead of nighttime the crack of dawn
C
It comes upon me without warning
Bb
If I were a gun then I would shoot
C
I tear the head out by the root
Bb
I'd make a knife out of an ocean
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All that sea in an ocean of emotion
 
 
[Chorus]
Eb      Bb         F                        C
I don't think it's funny no more cracking up
Eb      Bb         F                        C
I don't think it's funny no more cracking up
Eb      Bb         F                        C
I don't think it's funny no more cracking up
 
 
[Outro]
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I don't think it's funny no more
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I don't think it's funny no more
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I don't think it's funny no more
 
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