The Alan Parsons Project - Games people play
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Tuning: E A D G B E
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Games People Play – The Alan Parsons Project
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Written by: Alan Parsons/Eric Woolfson
From: "The Turn Of A Friendly Card" (1980)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
This is the original key. Maybe a little easier to play: transpose -2
to Am and then use a capo 2nd fret to match the recording. I added tabs
and chord voicings for both options below.
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[Interlude] and [Verse] basic riff
no capo:
Bm A5 Bm A6 Gmaj7 Gmaj7 A6
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2-2---2---2---2-|--------2---2---|
B|3-3---3---2---0-|--------0---2---|
G|4-4-2-4---2---0-|--------0---2---|
D|4-4-2-4---2---0-|--------0---2---|
A|2-2-0-2---0-----|------------0---|
E|--------------3-|--------3-------|
capo 2nd fret:
Am/G
Am Am G6 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 G6
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-0---0---0---0-|--------0---0---|
B|1-1---1---0---1-|--------1---0---|
G|2-2-2-2---0---2-|--------2---0---|
D|2-2-2-2---0---3-|--------3---0---|
A|0-0---0-------3-|--------3-------|
E|----3-----3---1-|--------1---3---|
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CHORDS
no capo capo 2nd fret
E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e
A6 x-0-2-2-2-2 G6 3-x-0-0-0-0
Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-0-2 Fmaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
A5 x-0-2-2-x-x Am/G 3-x-2-2-1-0
Em9 0-2-0-0-0-2 Dm9 x-x-0-2-1-0 or x-5-3-5-5-x
Bsus4 x-2-4-4-5-2 Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-0
Gmaj7/B x-2-0-0-0-2 Fmaj7/A x-0-3-2-1-0
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[Intro]
| Bm | % | % | % |
[Verse]
BmWhere do we A6go from Gmaj7here
Gmaj7Now A6that Bmall of the A6children are Gmaj7growin’ up
A6And Bmhow do we A6spend our Gmaj7lives
A6If there's Bmno-one to A6lend us a Gmaj7hand
[Interlude]
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
[Pre-Chorus]
[ Gmaj7 ] [ A6 ] Bm A5 Bm A6 Gmaj7
I don't want to live here no more
Gmaj7 A6 | Bm A5 Bm A5 | Gmaj7
I don't want to stay
Ain't Gmaj7gonna A6spend the Bmrest of A5my Bmlife A6 Gmaj7
Gmaj7 A6 | Bm A5 Bm A5 | Gmaj7 A6
Quietly fading a – way aah
[Chorus]
Em9Games people Gmaj7play
You take A6take it or you A6leave Bmit
Em9Things that they Gmaj7say
A6 Are not Bmright
If I Em9promise you the Gmaj7Moon and the A6Stars
Would you beA6lieve Bmit
Em9 Gmaj7 A6 | Bm | % |
Games people play in the middle of the night
[Verse]
BmWhere do we A6go from Gmaj7here
Gmaj7Now A6that Bmall of the A6children have Gmaj7grown up
A6And Bmhow do we A6spend our Gmaj7time
KnowA6in' Bmnobody A6gives us a Gmaj7damn
[Interlude]
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
[Pre-Chorus]
[ Gmaj7 ] [ A6 ] Bm A5 Bm A6 Gmaj7
I don't want to live here no more
Gmaj7 A6 | Bm A5 Bm A5 | Gmaj7
I don't want to stay
Ain't Gmaj7gonna A6spend the Bmrest of A5my Bmlife A6 Gmaj7
Gmaj7 A6 | Bm A5 Bm A5 | Gmaj7 A6
Quietly fading a – way yeah-hey
[Chorus]
Em9Games people Gmaj7play
You take A6take it or you A6leave Bmit
Em9Things that they Gmaj7say
Just A6don’t make it Bmright
If I'm Em9telling you the Gmaj7truth right A6now
Would you beA6lieve Bmit
Em9 Gmaj7 A6 | Bm | % | % | % |
Games people play in the middle of the night
[Interlude]
| Bm | Bsus4 | Gmaj7/B | % |
| Bm | Bsus4 | Gmaj7/B | % |
| Bm | Bsus4 | Gmaj7/B | % |
| Bm | Bsus4 | Gmaj7/B | % |
| Bm | Bsus4 | Gmaj7/B | % |
| Bm | Bsus4 | Gmaj7/B | % |
[Solo]
| Em9 Gmaj7 | A6 Bm |
| Em9 Gmaj7 | A6 Bm |
| Em9 Gmaj7 | A6 Bm |
| Em9 Gmaj7 | A6 [ Bm ] |
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
| Bm A5 Bm A6 | Gmaj7 A6 |
[Chorus]
Em9Games people Gmaj7play
You take A6take it or you A6leave Bmit
Em9Things that they Gmaj7say
A6 Are not Bmright
If I Em9promise you the Gmaj7Moon and the A6Stars
Would you beA6lieve Bmit
Em9 Gmaj7 A6 | Bm |
Games people play in the middle of the night
[Chorus]
Em9Games people Gmaj7play
You take A6take it or you A6leave Bmit
Em9Things that they Gmaj7say
Just A6don’t make it Bmright
If I'm Em9telling you the Gmaj7truth right A6now
Would you beA6lieve Bmit
Em9 Gmaj7 A6 | Bm | % | % | % |
Games people play in the middle of the night (fade out]