The Carter Family

Funny When You Feel That Way

The Carter Family


Tom: D

       D
    I can’t forget how far I fell since first I fell in love,
                                             A      D
    I had a most sincere attack squeezing a lady's glove.

    Her lovely hand was in it as I waltzed around so gay,
                                        A                        D
    I thought myself in paradise, it's funny when you feel that way.
          D                                  G                        D
    It's funny when you feel that way, it's funny when you feel that way,
                                        A                        D
    I thought myself in paradise, it's funny when you feel that way.

( D A D ) (2x)

    D
    Again we met one afternoon, as we were all alone,
                                         A              D
    I pumped up nerve to ask if she someday would be my own.

    She blushed and said, “Go ask poppa and ask him if I may."
                                             A                        D
    I danced a canter around the room, it's funny when you feel that way.
          D                                  G                        D
    It's funny when you feel that way, it's funny when you feel that way,
                                            A                         D
    I danced a cantor around the room, it's funny when you feel that way.

( D A D )  (2x)

        D
    The old boy said that we might wait and so he crowned my bliss,
                                 A                 D
    I shall be a double man in about a month from this.

    Though it seemed to me somehow the time shall never pass away,
                                                  A                        D
    for I long to hear those wedding bells, it's funny when you feel that way.
          D                                  G                        D
    It's funny when you feel that way, it's funny when you feel that way,
                                            A                        D
    I long to hear the wedding bells, it's funny when you feel that way.