The melody of I Started A Joke by Bee Gees runs 162 notes across 53 bars, 4:16 long in G at 88 beats per minute. The tab sits almost entirely in the first two frets, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? I Started A Joke chords and lyrics.