The Alan Parsons Project
(From the album Turn Of A Friendly Card)
Riff
[Bm]|| [A]| [Bm]| [A]| [G]| [G]| [A]| [Bm]|| [A]| [Bm]| [A]| [G]| [G]| [A]|
| -denotes strokes played of the chords
The timings are `sort of` inferred.
No chords
Where do we go from here now that all other children are growin' up
No chords
And how do we spend our lives if there's no-one to lend us a hand
Riff
Riff
I don't wanna live here no more, I don't wanna stay
Riff
Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away
[Em]Games people [G]play, You [A]take it or you [Bm]leave it
[Em]Things that they [G]say, [A]Honor [Bm]Brite
If I [Em]promise you the [G]Moon and the [A]Stars, Would you be[Bm]lieve it
[Em]Games people [G]play in the [A]middle of the [Bm]night
No chords
Where do we go from here now that all of the children have grown up
No chords
And how do we spend our time knowin' nobody gives us a damn
Riff
Riff
I don't wanna live here no more, I don't wanna stay
Riff
Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away
[Em]Games people [G]play, You [A]take it or [Bm]leave it
[Em]Things that they [G]say, Just [A]don't make it [Bm]right
[Em]If I'm tellin' you the [G]truth right [A]now, do you be[Bm]lieve it
[Em]Games people [G]play in the [A]middle of the [Bm]night
Solo
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B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-9-------11-9-9----9-11-11---11-9-------11-9-9----11--|
D|------12-12--------12----------------12-12--------12-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15-14-12-12-15-14-14-12-14-15-15---15-14-12-12-15-14-14-12-15---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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[Em]Games people [G]play, You [A]take it or you [Bm]leave it
[Em]Things that they [G]say, [A]Honor [Bm]Brite
If I [Em]promise you the [G]Moon and the [A]Stars, Would you be[Bm]lieve it
[Em]Games people [G]play in the [A]middle of the [Bm]night
[Em]Games people [G]play, You [A]take it or [Bm]leave it
[Em]Things that they [G]say, Just [A]don't make it [Bm]right
[Em]If I'm tellin' you the [G]truth right [A]now, do you be[Bm]lieve it
[Em]Games people [G]play in the [A]middle of the [Bm]night
(From the album Turn Of A Friendly Card)
Riff
[Bm]|| [A]| [Bm]| [A]| [G]| [G]| [A]| [Bm]|| [A]| [Bm]| [A]| [G]| [G]| [A]|
| -denotes strokes played of the chords
The timings are `sort of` inferred.
No chords
Where do we go from here now that all other children are growin' up
No chords
And how do we spend our lives if there's no-one to lend us a hand
Riff
Riff
I don't wanna live here no more, I don't wanna stay
Riff
Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away
[Em]Games people [G]play, You [A]take it or you [Bm]leave it
[Em]Things that they [G]say, [A]Honor [Bm]Brite
If I [Em]promise you the [G]Moon and the [A]Stars, Would you be[Bm]lieve it
[Em]Games people [G]play in the [A]middle of the [Bm]night
No chords
Where do we go from here now that all of the children have grown up
No chords
And how do we spend our time knowin' nobody gives us a damn
Riff
Riff
I don't wanna live here no more, I don't wanna stay
Riff
Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away
[Em]Games people [G]play, You [A]take it or [Bm]leave it
[Em]Things that they [G]say, Just [A]don't make it [Bm]right
[Em]If I'm tellin' you the [G]truth right [A]now, do you be[Bm]lieve it
[Em]Games people [G]play in the [A]middle of the [Bm]night
Solo
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-9-------11-9-9----9-11-11---11-9-------11-9-9----11--|
D|------12-12--------12----------------12-12--------12-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15-14-12-12-15-14-14-12-14-15-15---15-14-12-12-15-14-14-12-15---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Em]Games people [G]play, You [A]take it or you [Bm]leave it
[Em]Things that they [G]say, [A]Honor [Bm]Brite
If I [Em]promise you the [G]Moon and the [A]Stars, Would you be[Bm]lieve it
[Em]Games people [G]play in the [A]middle of the [Bm]night
[Em]Games people [G]play, You [A]take it or [Bm]leave it
[Em]Things that they [G]say, Just [A]don't make it [Bm]right
[Em]If I'm tellin' you the [G]truth right [A]now, do you be[Bm]lieve it
[Em]Games people [G]play in the [A]middle of the [Bm]night