Bee Gees – I Started a Joke | Modern Smooth Jazz KARAOKE 🎙️

Simplified chord chart for Bee Gees – I Started a Joke | Modern Smooth Jazz KARAOKE 🎙️ (karaoke of Kopa Kopi Karaoke), in D at 144 BPM: 9 chords instead of 15, and 59 changes instead of 104. Sevenths became triads (A, Am, Bm, C, D, Dm, Em, G and others), which cuts down the shapes you have to learn. Good for playing along all the way through without stalling on a change.

KeyD

Tempo 144 BPM

Chord changes59

ChannelKopa Kopi Karaoke

In this version the sevenths were reduced to triads, and 45 changes too short for the hand to follow were merged. A diminished chord appears as minor — that is a substitution, not an equivalence: it sounds close when you are playing along, but it is not the same chord. For the harmony as it is, use the full version.

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Diatonic chords of D

Degrees of the key
I	ii	iii	IV	V	vi	vii°
D	Em	F#m	G	A	Bm	C#°

Chord track

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Notes that make up each chord

Useful for one-note-at-a-time instruments — sax, trumpet, flute, violin: they do not play the chord, they play its notes.

Chord	Notes	Functions
A	A C# E	root, major third, fifth
Am	A C E	root, minor third, fifth
Bm	B D F#	root, minor third, fifth
C	C E G	root, major third, fifth
D	D F# A	root, major third, fifth
Dm	D F A	root, minor third, fifth
Em	E G B	root, minor third, fifth
G	G B D	root, major third, fifth
Gm	G A# D	root, minor third, fifth

Full chord chart with timings

The same sequence as a table, for reference or printing.

#	Time	Chord	Length
1	0:00	G	1.6s
2	0:01	Bm	2.1s
3	0:03	Am	2.0s
4	0:05	D	2.5s
5	0:08	Bm	3.7s
6	0:12	Dm	2.9s
7	0:14	Bm	5.8s
8	0:20	G	7.8s
9	0:28	Bm	3.3s
10	0:31	D	4.9s
11	0:36	Am	2.1s
12	0:38	D	2.5s
13	0:41	Bm	2.1s
14	0:43	C	8.2s
15	0:51	G	7.0s
16	0:58	D	2.5s
17	1:00	Bm	2.0s
18	1:03	Am	10.3s
19	1:13	G	2.9s
20	1:16	Em	3.3s
21	1:19	Bm	3.7s
22	1:23	C	2.5s
23	1:25	G	4.1s
24	1:29	Bm	2.9s
25	1:32	Em	3.7s
26	1:36	Am	3.3s
27	1:39	Dm	3.3s
28	1:42	G	9.9s
29	1:52	Am	4.1s
30	1:56	Bm	2.0s
31	1:58	Am	2.9s
32	2:01	G	4.1s
33	2:05	Em	2.9s
34	2:08	Bm	3.3s
35	2:12	C	3.3s
36	2:15	G	3.7s
37	2:19	Bm	2.9s
38	2:21	Em	3.7s
39	2:25	A	3.3s
40	2:28	D	3.3s
41	2:32	Em	3.3s
42	2:35	Bm	2.9s
43	2:38	C	2.5s
44	2:40	G	4.1s
45	2:44	Bm	3.3s
46	2:48	Em	3.7s
47	2:51	Am	3.3s
48	2:55	D	4.5s
49	2:59	Bm	8.2s
50	3:07	Am	11.5s
51	3:19	Bm	14.4s
52	3:33	C	4.1s
53	3:37	G	3.3s
54	3:41	C	2.5s
55	3:43	G	3.7s
56	3:47	Am	2.1s
57	3:49	D	2.2s
58	3:51	Gm	5.4s
59	3:57	Dm	—