The Alan Parsons Project – Games People Play (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| Bm | % | % | % |
[Verse]
Bm A6 Gmaj7 Where do we go from here Gmaj7 A6 Bm A6 Gmaj7 Now that all of the children are growin’ up A6 Bm A6 Gmaj7 And how do we spend our lives A6 Bm A6 Gmaj7 If there's no-one to lend us a hand
[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 Gmaj7 A6 Bm A5 Bm A6 Gmaj7 Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life Gmaj7 A6 | Bm A5 Bm A5 | Gmaj7 A6 Quietly fading a – way aah
[Chorus]
Em9 Gmaj7 Games people play A6 A6 Bm You take take it or you leave it Em9 Gmaj7 Things that they say A6 Bm Are not right Em9 Gmaj7 A6 If I promise you the Moon and the Stars A6 Bm Would you believe it Em9 Gmaj7 A6 | Bm | % | Games people play in the middle of the night
[Verse]
Bm A6 Gmaj7 Where do we go from here Gmaj7 A6 Bm A6 Gmaj7 Now that all of the children have grown up A6 Bm A6 Gmaj7 And how do we spend our time A6 Bm A6 Gmaj7 Knowin' nobody gives us a damn
[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 Gmaj7 A6 Bm A5 Bm A6 Gmaj7 Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life Gmaj7 A6 | Bm A5 Bm A5 | Gmaj7 A6 Quietly fading a – way yeah-hey
[Chorus]
Em9 Gmaj7 Games people play A6 A6 Bm You take take it or you leave it Em9 Gmaj7 Things that they say A6 Bm Just don’t make it right Em9 Gmaj7 A6 If I'm telling you the truth right now A6 Bm Would you believe it 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]
Em9 Gmaj7 Games people play A6 A6 Bm You take take it or you leave it Em9 Gmaj7 Things that they say A6 Bm Are not right Em9 Gmaj7 A6 If I promise you the Moon and the Stars A6 Bm Would you believe it Em9 Gmaj7 A6 | Bm | Games people play in the middle of the night
[Chorus]
Em9 Gmaj7 Games people play A6 A6 Bm You take take it or you leave it Em9 Gmaj7 Things that they say A6 Bm Just don’t make it right Em9 Gmaj7 A6 If I'm telling you the truth right now A6 Bm Would you believe it Em9 Gmaj7 A6 | Bm | % | % | % | Games people play in the middle of the night (fade out]