They Laughed chords by The Grascals

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Verse 1
Em 
G 
There was a boy from Memphis,
with sideburns dark and long
He dressed a little different,
D 
Em 
and sang a different song
G 
Jocks, they all mocked him,
said he'd come from Mars
They couldn't see that he was special,
D 
Em 
or here he was a   star
G 
C 
They laughed, they laughed out loud
G 
C 
G 
You see, no one ever makes it
D 
Em 
in their own hometown
G 
D 
They laughed as they put him down
Em 
C 
Oh, they laughed,
G 
but they're not laughing now
A man from Missouri
who had no loss of wind
Old tales about Tom Sawyer
D 
Em 
and his pal Huckabee
G 
They didn't appreciate his humor
that later we admired
All they saw was an old man
Gm 
D 
Em 
that they all called a liar
G 
They laughed
C 
They laughed out loud
G 
C 
G 
See, one ever makes it
D 
Em 
in their own town.
G 
Em 
They laugh as they put him down.
C 
Oh, they laugh.
G 
Em 
They're not laughing now.
G 
A carpenter from Nazareth
professed one day
to be the only son of God,
Gm 
D 
Em 
to be  the only way.
G 
Many believed him,
many thought that he was false,
but no one tried to stop them as they
D 
Em 
They nailed Him to the cross
G 
C 
They laughed, they laughed out loud
G 
C 
G 
See no one ever makes it
D 
Em 
in their own hometown
G 
D 
They laugh as they ain't put Him down
Em 
C 
Oh, they laugh
G 
But they're not laughing now
D 