FUNNY WAY OF LAUGHIN' - chords and comments

Following "A Little Bitty Tear" from the year before, in 1962 Burl Ives recorded this one, also penned by Hank Cochran. It is similar; pretty close to a copy It gave name to an album the same year, and the song won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording at the 5th Annual Grammy Awards in 1963.

D                      A
if you see me with a great big smile
         A7              D
at some party where the fun runs wild
    D7                        G
if tears start to flow and I fall apart
D             A7         D
please don't think you broke my heart

D     D7    G              Em7
it's just my funny way of laughin'
A7    D              Bm
yes my funny way of laughin'
      Em     A7sus4        D ...D7
your leaving didn't bother me
            G              Em7
it's just my funny way of laughin'
A7    D              Bm
yes my funny way of laughin'
     Em     A7sus4      D
I'm really happy as can be