Tom Paxton – Only A Game (Guitar)
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This song is in the key of B
capo II to play along in the key of A
[Verse]
A While stopping one innocent afternoon E7 For paper and magazines E My attention was drawn to a riot of color A The loveliest I've ever seen A All in the shape of a plastic cube A7 D Red and yellow and blue D A How lovely, I cried, What a clever design! E7 A Great tell me sir, what does it do?
[Verse]
A That's easy, he said as he handled my cash E7 And he dropped the cube into a sack E Some of the colors you twist left or right E7 A Some you twist forward, some back A A7 Before very long if you're clever at this D You've got all the colors the same D A And then if you like, you start over again E7 A For it's fun and it's only a game.
[Chorus]
A Only a game, only a game. E7 I'm muttering under my breath E Only a game, only a game A Like dying is only death! A I talk to myself as I walk down the street D Till old friends all cry, What a shame! A For he used to say 'Hello!' and 'How do you do?' A7 E7 A All he says now is 'Only a game'!
[Verse]
A That night after dinner, I settled myself E7 Planning to watch some TV E Safe in the warmth of my favorite chair A And the bosom of my family A Basking in fellowship, brimful of cheer D I bade my child, Turn on the tube! A And as I was watching my favorite show E7 A I carelessly picked up the cube
[Verse]
A I twiddled it this way, I twiddled it that E Haha! I exclaimed, This is strange! E7 No matter how often I twiddle this cube A The blasted thing don't seem to change! A I felt myself growing the slightest bit warm D As I twisted and whirled and spun A They tell me they found me there early next morn A7 E7 A I was screaming, By God, nearly done!
[Chorus]
A For it's only a game, only a game. E7 I'm muttering under my breath E Only a game, only a game A Like dying is only death! A I talk to myself as I walk down the street A7 D Till old friends all cry, What a shame! A For he used to say 'Hello!' and 'How do you do?' E7 A All he says now is 'Only a game'!
[Verse]
A Somehow I got dressed and they drove me to work E7 And I slowly came out my haze E By a fierce act of will, I sat down to my tasks - A7 There was talk I might soon earn a raise A The boss called me into his office at ten D And he said to me, Glad that you came! A For I'm thinking of adding this toy to our line E7 A For it's fun and it's only a game!
[Verse]
A Well, I don't know what happened – A I don't want to know E7 I'll have all my life to repent E They say I did something with that little cube A That the boss was obliged to resent A And now I get visitors here in my room D And they murmur, Poor man, what a shame! D For he's twisting his ears A and he's twiddling his nose E7 A And he tells us it's only a game!
[Outro]
A Only a game, only a game. E7 I'm muttering under my breath E Only a game, only a game A Like dying is only death! A I talk to myself as I walk down the street D Till old friends all cry, What a shame! A For he used to say 'Hello!' and 'How do you do?' A7 E7 A All he says now is 'Only a game'!
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