Tim Minchin – Play It Safe (Guitar)
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[Intro]
Ab
[Verse 1]
Ab You've gotta keep it simple Ab2 Life is like a song Db There are tunes that folk are used to Ab So if you want 'em to sing along Eb Just keep it simple
[Solo]
(In Notes)
Eb Ab
[Verse 2]
Ab You oughta play it safe Eb Life is just a game Db People like the rules as written Ab So just give 'em more of the same Cm No one likes a smart-arse (No one likes a smart-arse) Db7+ No one likes it complicated (You've gotta keep it simple) Ab If you want to go the distance Ab2 Find the path of least resistance Eb C7/E And just take it
[Verse 3]
Fm Fm/Eb You don't want to stick your neck out (You don't want to stick your neck out) Fm/D They'll take your head off if you do (They're gonna rip your head off) Db Just sit up the back and judge others (Hey, sit down!) Ab It'll keep 'em from judging you
If you're too hard to stomach you'll never amount to nothing
Fm
Ain't that something?No one cares what you have to say
F7 Bb7 Just shut up and play the role you're cast in (You've got to play the role you're cast in)
[Verse 4]
F7 You see, all the world's a stage Eb So just say the lines you're given Eb Exactly as they're written
And for God's sake
Bb F7/A Act your age Gm No one likes a show-off (No one likes a show-off) D7+ No one likes a clown Bb Just make sure you don't stand out in the crowd F7 That way they can't cut you down D7/F# Gm You gotta build your walls around you (Build your walls around you) F C7/E You build them straight and make 'em square (Build them straight and square) Eb That way you'll blend in with the background Bb That way no one will point and stare G (No one will point and stare)
[Verse 5]
C You gotta stick to your convictions (Stick to your convictions!) G You gotta nail down your views (Nail 'em down) F You wanna steer clear of the discomfort you feel C When you walk in another person's shoes (You don't need that!) Am You gotta work out who your team is F7 Then wear the badge with pride C Find a box that makes ya comfortable G E7/G# And then stay the heck inside
[Verse 6]
Am On the first day the Lord gave you television (Lord gave you television) Caug/G# On the next he delivered a couch (He delivers) C C7 Tell me how do you explain all this content F#dim D7 If the universe wanted you out and about
[Chorus 1]
F Toe the line F Don your suit G Hide your truth Am Wipe your tears F Don't cause trouble F Find your bubble G Am Stick to black-and-white ideas F Play it safe F Know your place G Know your lines Am Know your limits F Find a doctrine F Get it locked in G Am Build a box and stay in it F Toe the line F Don your suit G Hide your truth Am Wipe your tears F Don't cause trouble F Find your bubble G Am Stick to black-and-white ideas F Play it safe F Keep it beige G Am Keep it simple and sameish Am G F Leave the weird ideas to the Danish (To the weird old Danish)
[Solo]
(In Notes)
A B C E F E
F G (Yeah)
[Solo]
(In Notes)
A B D C E F C A
[Verse 7]
C You gotta play it safe G Your mind is like a house F If you keep it locked up tight C You just might keep the world out