Games People Play Chords
Games People Play by Alan Parsons Project is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, A, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Riff
Bm A Bm A G G A Bm A Bm A G G A
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| -denotes strokes played of the chords
The timings are `sort of` inferred.
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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
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I don't wanna live here no more, I don't wanna stay
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Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away
Em G A Bm
Games people play, You take it or you leave it
Em G A Bm
Things that they say, Honor Brite
Em G A Bm
If I promise you the Moon and the Stars, Would you believe it
Em G A Bm
Games people play in the middle of the night
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Where do we go from here now that all of the children have grown up
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And how do we spend our time knowin' nobody gives us a damn
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I don't wanna live here no more, I don't wanna stay
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Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away
Em G A Bm
Games people play, You take it or leave it
Em G A Bm
Things that they say, Just don't make it right
Em G A Bm
If I'm tellin' you the truth right now, do you believe it
Em G A Bm
Games people play in the middle of the 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 G A Bm
Games people play, You take it or you leave it
Em G A Bm
Things that they say, Honor Brite
Em G A Bm
If I promise you the Moon and the Stars, Would you believe it
Em G A Bm
Games people play in the middle of the night
Em G A Bm
Games people play, You take it or leave it
Em G A Bm
Things that they say, Just don't make it right
Em G A Bm
If I'm tellin' you the truth right now, do you believe it
Em G A Bm
Games people play in the middle of the night
Chords transcribed by N.B