The Game Chords by Echo And The Bunnymen
Tempo:
128.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F]
[Am] [C]
[G] [F]
[Am] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G]
[C] A sense of duty was my one intention [G] and an ugly beauty was my own invention.
[C]
Pride and proud refusal, [G] I refuse to need your approval.
[C] Too many seekers, too few [G] beacons, through the fog we will keep our theme.
[F] The calling hours of your blister [Am] years, [C] all the living out of your tinsel tears,
and [F] the midnight trains I've never [Am] made, cause [C] I'd already [G] played [D] [C] games.
[G]
[C]
Everybody's got their own good [G] reason why the favorite season is the favorite season.
[C]
Winter, winters and those summer [G] suns are good for everyone, are good for everyone.
[C]
Spring and fall, well [G] it's early, so well done, so well done.
[F] It's a better thing if we do [Am] not [C] forget everything.
The wise and [F] housewife reminisce about the things she [Am] missed, she [C] won't be ready [G] to [C]
fight.
[D] [G]
[C]
[D] [G]
This is [C] the world, the world is a [D] ball, a ball that [G] we clean with no rules at all.
[C] Just as I wonder at the [G] beauty of it all, you go and drop in, and it breaks when it falls.
I'll never [F]
understand why you thought [Am] I would, need [C] to be reassured, understood.
[F] When I always knew, your bad's my good, and [C] I was ready, [G] ready.
[C]
But, [G]
[C]
[G]
born [C] on your mark, [D] with deep blue [G]
eyes and fallen [C] from your stars,
you lit [G] my eyes up.
I'll [F] never understand why you thought I would, [C] need to be reassured, understood.
[F] When I always knew, your bad's my good, [C] and I was ready, [G] ready.
[F] The trial hours, the ugly fears, [C] all the living out, your tens of [F] tears.
And the midnight dreams, I never made, [C] cause I don't make, [G] please.
[F] It's a better thing if we do not [C] forget everything.
The wise and [F] housewife reminisce about the things she [C] missed, she won't be ready [G] to kiss [C] goodbye.
[Am] [C]
[G] [F]
[Am] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G]
[C] A sense of duty was my one intention [G] and an ugly beauty was my own invention.
[C]
Pride and proud refusal, [G] I refuse to need your approval.
[C] Too many seekers, too few [G] beacons, through the fog we will keep our theme.
[F] The calling hours of your blister [Am] years, [C] all the living out of your tinsel tears,
and [F] the midnight trains I've never [Am] made, cause [C] I'd already [G] played [D] [C] games.
[G]
[C]
Everybody's got their own good [G] reason why the favorite season is the favorite season.
[C]
Winter, winters and those summer [G] suns are good for everyone, are good for everyone.
[C]
Spring and fall, well [G] it's early, so well done, so well done.
[F] It's a better thing if we do [Am] not [C] forget everything.
The wise and [F] housewife reminisce about the things she [Am] missed, she [C] won't be ready [G] to [C]
fight.
[D] [G]
[C]
[D] [G]
This is [C] the world, the world is a [D] ball, a ball that [G] we clean with no rules at all.
[C] Just as I wonder at the [G] beauty of it all, you go and drop in, and it breaks when it falls.
I'll never [F]
understand why you thought [Am] I would, need [C] to be reassured, understood.
[F] When I always knew, your bad's my good, and [C] I was ready, [G] ready.
[C]
But, [G]
[C]
[G]
born [C] on your mark, [D] with deep blue [G]
eyes and fallen [C] from your stars,
you lit [G] my eyes up.
I'll [F] never understand why you thought I would, [C] need to be reassured, understood.
[F] When I always knew, your bad's my good, [C] and I was ready, [G] ready.
[F] The trial hours, the ugly fears, [C] all the living out, your tens of [F] tears.
And the midnight dreams, I never made, [C] cause I don't make, [G] please.
[F] It's a better thing if we do not [C] forget everything.
The wise and [F] housewife reminisce about the things she [C] missed, she won't be ready [G] to kiss [C] goodbye.
Key:
C
G
F
Am
D
C
G
F
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] A sense of duty was my one intention [G] and an ugly beauty was my own invention.
[C] _
Pride and proud refusal, [G] _ I refuse to need your _ approval.
[C] Too many seekers, too few [G] beacons, through the fog we will keep our theme.
[F] The calling hours of your blister [Am] years, [C] all the living out of your tinsel tears,
and [F] the midnight trains I've never [Am] made, cause [C] I'd already _ _ [G] played _ _ [D] [C] games.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Everybody's got their own good [G] reason why the favorite season is the favorite season.
[C] _
Winter, winters and those summer [G] suns are good for _ everyone, are good for everyone.
_ [C] _
Spring and fall, well [G] it's early, so well done, so well done.
[F] It's a better thing if we do [Am] not [C] forget everything.
The wise and [F] housewife _ reminisce about the things she [Am] missed, she [C] won't be ready _ [G] to _ _ _ [C] _
fight.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ This is [C] the world, the world is a [D] ball, a ball that [G] we clean with no rules at all.
[C] Just as I wonder at the [G] beauty of it all, you go and drop in, and it breaks when it falls.
I'll never [F]
understand why you thought [Am] I would, need [C] to be _ reassured, _ _ understood.
[F] When I always knew, your bad's my good, and [C] I was ready, _ [G] _ ready.
_ [C] _
But, _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ born [C] on your mark, _ _ _ [D] with deep blue [G] _
eyes and _ fallen [C] from your _ _ stars,
you lit [G] my _ eyes up.
_ I'll [F] never _ understand why you thought I would, [C] need to be reassured, _ understood.
[F] When I always knew, your bad's my good, [C] and I was ready, _ [G] _ ready.
_ [F] The trial hours, the ugly fears, [C] all the living out, your tens of [F] tears.
And the midnight dreams, I never made, [C] cause I don't make, _ [G] please.
_ [F] It's a better _ thing if we do not [C] forget _ everything.
The wise and [F] housewife _ reminisce about the things she [C] missed, she won't be ready _ [G] to _ kiss [C] goodbye.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] A sense of duty was my one intention [G] and an ugly beauty was my own invention.
[C] _
Pride and proud refusal, [G] _ I refuse to need your _ approval.
[C] Too many seekers, too few [G] beacons, through the fog we will keep our theme.
[F] The calling hours of your blister [Am] years, [C] all the living out of your tinsel tears,
and [F] the midnight trains I've never [Am] made, cause [C] I'd already _ _ [G] played _ _ [D] [C] games.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Everybody's got their own good [G] reason why the favorite season is the favorite season.
[C] _
Winter, winters and those summer [G] suns are good for _ everyone, are good for everyone.
_ [C] _
Spring and fall, well [G] it's early, so well done, so well done.
[F] It's a better thing if we do [Am] not [C] forget everything.
The wise and [F] housewife _ reminisce about the things she [Am] missed, she [C] won't be ready _ [G] to _ _ _ [C] _
fight.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ This is [C] the world, the world is a [D] ball, a ball that [G] we clean with no rules at all.
[C] Just as I wonder at the [G] beauty of it all, you go and drop in, and it breaks when it falls.
I'll never [F]
understand why you thought [Am] I would, need [C] to be _ reassured, _ _ understood.
[F] When I always knew, your bad's my good, and [C] I was ready, _ [G] _ ready.
_ [C] _
But, _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ born [C] on your mark, _ _ _ [D] with deep blue [G] _
eyes and _ fallen [C] from your _ _ stars,
you lit [G] my _ eyes up.
_ I'll [F] never _ understand why you thought I would, [C] need to be reassured, _ understood.
[F] When I always knew, your bad's my good, [C] and I was ready, _ [G] _ ready.
_ [F] The trial hours, the ugly fears, [C] all the living out, your tens of [F] tears.
And the midnight dreams, I never made, [C] cause I don't make, _ [G] please.
_ [F] It's a better _ thing if we do not [C] forget _ everything.
The wise and [F] housewife _ reminisce about the things she [C] missed, she won't be ready _ [G] to _ kiss [C] goodbye.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _