Year: 2007 - Album: Gold
Written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Intro: A F#m Bm7 E7
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They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
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When he said the world was round
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They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
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They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother
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When they said that man could fly
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They told Marconi wireless was a phoney
E7 F#7 G7 F#7 E7
It's the same old cry.
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They laughed at me wanting you
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Said I was reaching for the moon
B7 Bm7 D6 C#7 E7
But oh, you came through now they'll have to change their tune
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They all said we never could be happy
C#7 F#7 B7
They laughed at us, and how
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But ho, ho, ho, who's got the last laugh now
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They all laughed at Rockefeller Center, now they're fightting to get in
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They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin
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They all laughed at fulton and his steam boat, hershey and his choc'late bar
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Ford and his Lizzie kept laughers busy
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That's how people are.
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They laughed at me wanting you
A6 C#7 F#7
Said it would be hello, goodbye
B7 Bm7 D6 C#7 E7
But oh, you came through now they're eating humble pie
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They all said we'd never get together; Darling, let's take a bow
A F#7 D6 E7
For ho - ho - ho, who's got the last laugh
A F#7 D6 E7
He - he - he, let's at the past laugh
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Ha, ha, ha, who's got the last laugh now
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