Story Behind The Song

A contented man with a good relationship out of the blue she tells him she is leaving him for someone else . He laughs because he doesn't want to show his true feelings of shock and sadness

Song Description

Intro Verse

Lyrics

I had to Laugh

Intro

Am9 D7 Am9 D7 - Am9 D7 Eb7/9 D7

We never had a discordant word - I never went astray
Our lives were happy intertwined - I knew no other way

You made me Am7 laugh when you D7 told me
You'd Bm7 fallen for somebody E7 new
It Am7 was the B7 only way that
Em7 I could Fmj7 hold my Em7 old Dm7 head Cmj 7 high
I didnt want to C#m7b5 give F#7 away
My Bm7 feelings with a Bb13 tear
I had to Am7 laugh when you D10b said good Bm7 Bbm7 Am7 D7bye

And when you told me you're leaving
For places that I've never been
And for dreams that I can never share again
I didn't want to give away my feelings with a tear
I had to Am7 laugh Bm7 when you Cmj7 said D7 good Gmj7 bye

Am7 Bm7 --- B7 to B part

Em7 You're Goin A7 away far Dmj7 away from G7 me
With Cmj7 somebody F#7 new to Bmj7 care for
Bm7 Someone E7 new to Amj7 love F#m7 again
Bbm9 In other ways - Am9 on other D7 days

Repeat verse 1: You made me Laugh to B ending

AA solo
B part
A 2 repeat
To End Cm --- Dm ---- Gmj7

CR Mike Carter Jones, Wootton, Dec 27th 2013