This Used To Be My Playground Chords

KeyEb+ CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays464

This Used To Be My Playground by Madonna is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb+. It uses the chords Gm, Dm, Eb, Dm7, G7/4, G, Cm7, Eb7+, D7/4, Bb/C, F, F/Eb, Bb/D, C7/4, D7, Gm7, Cm and EB7+. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Eb+
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: (Gm  Dm  Gm  Dm  Eb  Dm7  G7/4  G)  Cm7

Eb7+
This used to be my playground
D7/4                        Gm
This used to be my childhood dream
Bb/C                       F         F/Eb
This used to be the place I ran to
Bb/D           Gm              C7/4  F    
Whenever I was in need of a friend
F/Eb           D7  
Why did it have to end and why do they always say
Eb7+            D7/4                  Gm
"Don't look back, keep your head held high"?
           Gm7                     Eb7+         D7/4    
Don't ask them why, because life is short
            Gm                              Bb/C
And before you know you're feeling old
                 Eb7+    D7/4
And your heart is breaking
                       Cm                           Gm  F
Don't hold on to the past, well, that's too much to ask
Eb7+
This used to be my playground
D7/4                        Gm
This used to be my childhood dream
Bb/C                       F         F/Eb
This used to be the place I ran to
Bb/D           Gm              C7/4  F    
Whenever I was in need of a friend
F/Eb          D7/4                                        Eb7+  D7/4
Why did it have to end and why do they always say "no regrets"?
         Gm                          Gm7   
But I wish that you were here with me
            Eb7+                  D7/4
Well, then there's hope yet  
         Gm                           Gm7
 I can see your face in our secret place
                   Eb7+        D7/4
You're not just a memory
                                       Cm
"Say good-bye to yesterday "
                                           Gm
Those are words I'll never say (I'll never say) 

EB7+
This used to be my playground (where I used to be)
D7/4                        Gm
This used to be our pride and joy
Bb/C                       F             F/Eb
This used to be the place we ran to
Bb/D                      Gm
That no one in the world could dare destroy
Eb7+
This used to be our playground (used to be)
D7/4                        Gm7
This used to be our childhood dream
Bb/C                       F             F/Eb
This used to be the place we ran to 
Eb7+                                F
I wish you were standing here with me 
Eb7+
This used to be our playground (used to be)
D7/4                        Gm
This used to be our childhood dream
Bb/C                       F             F/Eb
This used to be the place we ran to
Bb/D       
The best things in life are always free
Eb7+
Wishing you were here with me
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante