Games people play (1968)
A - E - D - E - A
(x2)
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La da da
da da da
da da, la da da da da
da da de,
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la da da
da da da da da da
da da.
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1. Oh, the
games people play, now, every
night and every day, now.
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never
meaning what they say, now, never sayin' what they mean.
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While they while away the
hours, in their ivory towers
D
’til they're covered up with
flowers,
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in
the back of a black limousine, whoa-ah.
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La da da
da da da
da da, la da da da da da
da de,
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talking 'bout you and me, and the games people play, now.
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2. Oh, we make one another cry, break a heart then we say goodbye,
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cross
our hearts and we hope to die
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that
the other was to blame, whoa-ah.
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E
But neither one will ever give
in, so, we gaze at an eight by ten,
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thinking
'bout the things that might have been
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and
it's a dirty rotten shame, whoa-ah.
+ CHORUS
+ D - E - D - E + instrumental = CHORUS
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3. People walking up to you, yeah, singing glory hallelujah,
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and
they're tryin' to sock it to you, in the name of the Lord.
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They're gonna
teach you how to meditate,
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read
your horoscope, cheat your fate
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and further
more to hell with hate,
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come
on, get on board, whoa-ah.
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La da da
da da da
da da, la da da da da
da da de,
D - E A
talking 'bout you and me, and the games people play.
+ Now, wait a minute !
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4. Look around, tell me what you see,
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what's
happening to you and me ?
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God grant me the serenity to just remember who I am, whoa-ah.
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‘Cause you've given up your
sanity, for your pride and your vanity.
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turn
your back on humanity, oh, and you don't give a da da da da
da.
+ CHORUS (2x) ....
(orig. = no capo; midi = capo 3rd in D) (Joe South)