Only A Game
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: BCapotraste:
2nd traste
This song is in the key of B
capo II to play along in the key of A
at https://youtu.be/CDYMQ1p1JoU
[Verse]
A
While stopping one innocent afternoon
E7
For paper and magazines
E
My attention was drawn to a riot of color
A
The loveliest I've ever seen
A
All in the shape of a plastic cube
A7 D
Red and yellow and blue
D A
How lovely, I cried, What a clever design!
E7 A
Great tell me sir, what does it do?
[Verse]
A
That's easy, he said as he handled my cash
E7
And he dropped the cube into a sack
E
Some of the colors you twist left or right
E7 A
Some you twist forward, some back
A A7
Before very long if you're clever at this
D
You've got all the colors the same
D A
And then if you like, you start over again
E7 A
For it's fun and it's only a game.
[Chorus]
A
Only a game, only a game.
E7
I'm muttering under my breath
E
Only a game, only a game
A
Like dying is only death!
A
I talk to myself as I walk down the street
D
Till old friends all cry, What a shame!
A
For he used to say 'Hello!' and 'How do you do?'
A7 E7 A
All he says now is 'Only a game'!
[Verse]
A
That night after dinner, I settled myself
E7
Planning to watch some TV
E
Safe in the warmth of my favorite chair
A
And the bosom of my family
A
Basking in fellowship, brimful of cheer
D
I bade my child, Turn on the tube!
A
And as I was watching my favorite show
E7 A
I carelessly picked up the cube
[Verse]
A
I twiddled it this way, I twiddled it that
E
Haha! I exclaimed, This is strange!
E7
No matter how often I twiddle this cube
A
The blasted thing don't seem to change!
A
I felt myself growing the slightest bit warm
D
As I twisted and whirled and spun
A
They tell me they found me there early next morn
A7 E7 A
I was screaming, By God, nearly done!
[Chorus]
A
For it's only a game, only a game.
E7
I'm muttering under my breath
E
Only a game, only a game
A
Like dying is only death!
A
I talk to myself as I walk down the street
A7 D
Till old friends all cry, What a shame!
A
For he used to say 'Hello!' and 'How do you do?'
E7 A
All he says now is 'Only a game'!
[Verse]
A
Somehow I got dressed and they drove me to work
E7
And I slowly came out my haze
E
By a fierce act of will, I sat down to my tasks -
A7
There was talk I might soon earn a raise
A
The boss called me into his office at ten
D
And he said to me, Glad that you came!
A
For I'm thinking of adding this toy to our line
E7 A
For it's fun and it's only a game!
[Verse]
A
Well, I don't know what happened –
A
I don't want to know
E7
I'll have all my life to repent
E
They say I did something with that little cube
A
That the boss was obliged to resent
A
And now I get visitors here in my room
D
And they murmur, Poor man, what a shame!
D
For he's twisting his ears
A
and he's twiddling his nose
E7 A
And he tells us it's only a game!
[Outro]
A
Only a game, only a game.
E7
I'm muttering under my breath
E
Only a game, only a game
A
Like dying is only death!
A
I talk to myself as I walk down the street
D
Till old friends all cry, What a shame!
A
For he used to say 'Hello!' and 'How do you do?'
A7 E7 A
All he says now is 'Only a game'!
How to play Only A Game
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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