XTC – Playground (Guitar)

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[Intro Riff]
e|-----5----------5-------------5----------5----------|
B|-----5-------------5----------5-------------5-------|
G|----------h-o---------7------------h-o---------7----|
D|----------0-7----------------------0-7--------------|
A|--7------------------------7------------------------|
E|--5------------------------5------------------------|
[Verse 1]
A      Asus4  A      Asus4
I climb up, spending daylight

F#          B              A      Asus4   A   Asus4
Slide down, bankrupt on the other side

A      Asus4      A      Asus4
Some sweet girl, playing my wife

F#       B            A     Asus4     A     Asus4
Runs off with a boy whose bike she'll ride
[Chorus]
F    Bb           F      Bb
Playground, it's a playground

F           Bb            G              C
Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies

       F   Bb            F    Bb
In the playground, every day ground

F          Bb           F            Bb            A      Asus4
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world
[Verse 2]
A         Asus4   A        Asus4
Bells will ring, door flies open

F#       B              A       Asus4    A   Asus4
Hare and Greyhound in the old kiss chase

A         Asus4     A       Asus4
You've been caught, game is ended

F#       B               A     Asus4    A   Asus4
Smack on kisser from her slap on face
[Chorus]
F    Bb           F      Bb
Playground, it's a playground

F           Bb            G              C
Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies

       F   Bb            F    Bb
In the playground, every day ground

F          Bb           F            Bb            A      Asus4
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world
[Bridge]
D#m                 G#                    C#m7
Watch the leaves all tear away, one by one

                F#                       D#m
Leaving you but lined like an exercise book

              G#                        C#m7
What did your report once say? Know the one

                 F#7sus4  F#7  F#m7   F#7
This boy must try harder to please

     E7sus4     E7     Em7    E7
From down on his knees
[Verse 3]
A           Asus4       A               Asus4
Playground, playground, careful what you say ground

A           Asus4        A              Asus4
Playground, playground, gonna make you pay ground

A         Asus4   A         Asus4
Brain gets bent, heart gets broken

F#             B       A     Asus4      A    Asus4
You can't jump off once the pages turn

A        Asus4    A       Asus4
School is out but never over

F#         B           A       Asus4    A    Asus4
That's the only lesson you can learn
[Chorus]
F    Bb           F      Bb
Playground, it's a playground

F           Bb            G              C
Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies

       F   Bb            F    Bb
In the playground, every day ground

F          Bb           F            Bb
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world

F     Bb           F      Bb
Playground, it's a playground

F           Bb             G             C
You're for the high jump, if you let 'em push you

      F     Bb          F      Bb
In the playground, every day ground

   F         Bb         F            Bb             E      Esus4
There's no escaping, escaping from their big square world

    E       Esus4          E          Esus4
You may leave school but it never leaves you
[Outro Riff]
e|-----0----------0-------------0----------0----------|
B|-----0-------------0----------0-------------0-------|
G|----------h-o---------2------------h-o---------2----|
D|----------0-2----------------------0-2--------------|
A|--2------------------------2------------------------|
E|--0------------------------0------------------------|