Strange game  (2022)    (video)

 

    Am - C - E (2x)

 

           Am             C           E

1. Surrounded by losers, misfits and boozers,

     Am               C              E

    hanging by your fingernails,

             Am                F                     C                    E

    you made one mistake, you got burned at the stake,

              Am                      E               Am

    you’re finished, you’re foolish, you failed.

 

                 Am            C                 E

2. There’s always a hope on this slippery slope,

     Am                    C              E

    somewhere a ghost of a chance,

               Am              F               C                     E

    to get back in the game and burn off your shame,

            Am                   E              Am

    and dance with the big boys again.

 

    Am - C - E (3x)     +  Am - F - E

+  Hooooo ….

 

           Am       - C               E           Am       - C               E

It’s a strange,       strange game ! Strange,       strange game !

              Am     - C                   E        Am         C        E

Such a shame,       shame, shame ! Yes, a strange game !

  Am            C             E                   Am     - C    E

You got to carry the blame in this strange        game.

            Am         F                        C                E             Am   - E   Am

You’re out on a limb and you’re trying to get in, it’s a strange      game.

 

+  Dm - Am - Dm - E

 

            Am                C                E

3. You piled up the corpses, exhausted your sources,

   Am              C             E

    living right under a cloud.

           Am              F                      C                    E

    The odds are against you, the gods haven’t blessed you,

            Am            E               Am

    you better get back on the rails.

 

              Am              C               E

4. Drill down on the data, keep pushing the paper,

            Am                     C                   E

    the damp’s dripping down on the walls.

              Am         F                       C                E

    It’s a million to one, there’s a place in the sun

          Am                  E             Am

    to dance with the big boys again.

 

    Am - C - E (3x)     +  Am - E - Am

+  Hoooo …

 

           Am       - C               E           Am       - C                E

It’s a strange,       strange game ! Strange,       oh, so strange  !

         Am                C                 E                  Am    - C   E

You don’t even know my real name, it’s a strange       game.

   Am           C             E                   Am     - C    E

You got to carry the blame in this strange        game.

            Am         F                         C               E              Am   - E   Am

You’re out on a limb and you’re trying to get in, it’s a strange      game.

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Mick Jagger)