Barenaked Ladies – Fun And Games (Ukulele)

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So I've been trying to find chords for this song for about 3 years now. I determined most of them by watching the "Bathroom Sessions" version. It's pretty simple, so I'm kind of surprised nobody has tabbed it out yet. Very underrated song, in my opinion! This is pretty much 100% right, except for the bridge. But it sounds fine, it's just not exactly how Ed plays that part. But no matter, I hope you enjoy! -JoeyLeddz All the chords in this song are played as follows: G: 320033 Cadd9: x32033 D: xx0232 D (3rd fret): xxx343 D (5th fret): xxx565 G/B: x20033 Em7: x22033

D7: xx0212
Cadd9 (4th fret)/C9(4 Fr): x54055

G/F#: 200033 [Intro] G, Cadd9, D, D (3rd fret), D (5th fret) [x2] [Verse 1]

G                Cadd9
We sent in the army

               D
They sounded alarms we

D (3rd fret) D (5th fret) Saw it coming from a mile away.

G                 Cadd9
We kept it off radar

                   D
Cause we had to say our

D (3rd fret) D (5th fret) Cadd9 Intentions were to save the day. [Pre-Refrain]

    G/B      Em7     D7
Why did you fail to see?

[Refrain]

          G
It was a gag

                   G/B
It was all for a laugh

              Cadd9
And they were shocked and they were awed

              Cadd9 (4th fret)  D 
and they were blown in         half

        G
Fun and games

                    G/B
We're just pulling legs

             Cadd9
We knew this barrel of fun

          Cadd9 (4th fret)  D
Would be a powder          keg

[Verse 2] We kept it all long-range and made a regime change You'd have thought it would have been a gas But when it got ugly We sat around smugly Because you bought our little joke en masse [Pre-Refrain] Don't look at me that way [Refrain] It was a gag It was all for a laugh We knew your sons and daughters Would be blown in half Fun and games We're just pulling legs We knew this barrel of fun Would be a powder keg [Bridge]

Cadd9  G/B
Put a smile on

G          G/F#     G/B    D
We're the ones that you selected

Cadd9       G/B
Leave that dial son

G           G/F#    G/B  D
Because we just got re-elected

Cadd9 G/B
In a  while our

G       G/F#        G/B   D
Bill of rights will be rejected

G           G/F#       G/B   D
and all the blame will be deflected

G           G/F#    G/B   D
the forests will be unprotected

G            G/F#      G/B    D
the nation's poor will be neglected

G        G/F#    G/B   D
creation myth is resurrected

G       G/F#    G/B   D
a new salute is genuflected

G        G/F#      G/B    D
a gallup poll will be respected

G       G/F#      G/B   D
gallows pole will be erected

G G/F# G/B Cadd9 D (Strum very fast, then mute the note at the end) all this will go undetecteeeeeeeeeeeed [Verse 3] While you all slumbered We sat and crunched numbers Of all the causalities we could afford There's no need to draft them You could hear us laugh then The poor and black all need the room and board [Pre-Refrain] Did I say that out loud? [Refrain] It was a gag It was all for a laugh And now our very nation has been blown in half Fun and games We're just pulling legs We knew this barrel of fun Would be a powder keg [Coda]

    G                 Em7
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

             Cadd9                    Cadd9 (4th fret)  D
We knew this barrel of fun would be a powder           keg

    G                 Em7              Cadd9
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

       Cadd9 (4th fret)  D
It's a powder           keg

    G                 Em7               Cadd9            C9(4 Fr)  D
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah [x2]

[End on G]