A Simple Game
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Capo 1
Intro: Em Em/B Em Em/B Em Em/B Em Em/B
Em Em/D Am C B Em
As time goes by, you will see...that we're going to be free,
Em/D Am
You and me, we'll touch the sky,
C B Em Em/D
Can't you see in your mind's eye, that we are one,
Am C B Em
We're all the same, and life is just a simple game?
Em/D
Oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
Am
Doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
B (B7)
Oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo, doo---!)
Em Em/D Am
There by your side, (Oh, yeah!) I will be, (Oh, yeah!)
C B Em
When this crazy world is free,
Em/D Am C B Em
Free from doubt, when it finds out... exactly what we're meant to be,
Em/D Am C B Em
That we are one, we're all the same, and life is just a simple game!
Em/D
Oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
Am
Oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
B (B7)
Doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---, doo---!)
C Em D C G
Thoughts of another day, flashing through my head--------,
C
Thinking how life could be,
Em D C G D7 D7sus4 D7 D7sus4
All of the things that our great men have said------,
Em Em/D
Be what we want to be, what we deserve to be,
Am B B7 Em
What...we are meant---- to be,
Em/D
Oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
Am
Oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
B (B7)
Oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo, doo---!)
Em Em/D Am C B Em
As time goes by,(Oh, yeah!) you will see...that we're going to be free,
Em/D Am
You and me, we'll touch the sky,
C B Em Em/D
Can't you see in your mind's eye, that we are one,
Am C B Em
We're all the same, and life is just a simple game?
Em/D
Oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
Am
Doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
B (B7)
Oh - oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo, doo---!)
Em Em/D
You and me, (You and me...) we'll touch the sky!(...we'll touch the sky!)
Am
Oh, can't you see? (Can't you see?)
B (B7)
Oh, doo - doo, doo! (Doo - doo, doo, doo---!)
Em
Doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
Em/D
Oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
Am
Oh, doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo---!)
B (B7) Em
Doo - doo, doo---! (Doo - doo, doo, doo---!)
How to play A Simple Game
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Em. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.