Intro - SIb MIb SIb MIb SIb MIb SIb MIb DO#
[Verse] -
SIb MIb SIb MIb
Jimmy cream was keen, his brain was always winnin’,
SIb MIb SIb MIb
I can’t keep tabs on mine, it’s really quite a joke
SIb MIb SIb MIb
I see him down the road, I ask if he’d be willing
SIb MIb SIb MIb
To lend me 15p - I’m dying for a smoke
Chorus -
DOm DOm/SIb SOL# SOL# SOLm
Don’t arrange to have me sent to no asylum
FA SIb
I’m just as sane as anyone
MIb SIb MIb MIb DO#
It’s a just a game I play for fun - for fun.
[Verse] -
SIb MIb SIb MIb
I told em - look! - I said I’m not the way you’re thinkin,
SIb MIb SIb MIb
Just when I’m down, I’ll be a clown, I’ll play the fool.
DOm DOm/SIb SOL# SOL# SOLm
Please don’t arrange to have me sent to no asylum
FA SIb
I'm just as sane as anyone
MIb SIb MIb
It’s just a game I play for fun - for fun.
MIb FA FA# FA# SOL# LA LA SI
[Breakdown] -
DO FA/DO
Will he take a sailboat ride?
FA SOL FA
He is very likely to,
DO FA/DO
Will he feel good inside?
FA SOL FA
He ain’t very likely to,
DO FA/DO
Will he tell you he’s alive?
FA SOL FA
He is always trying to
DO DO/SIb LAm
But nothin’, no nothin’, does he say
REm MIm FA LA SOL#
In the morning when the day’s begun
- ’hello good morning, how are you? ’
DO REm MIm SOL LAm
And in the evening or the noonday sun
- ’what a lovely afternoon!’
REm MIm FA LAm SIb MIb SIb MIb
Well I’ve been living next to you
[Verse] -
SIb MIb SIb MIb
Bluesy monday is the one day that they come here,
SIb MIb SIb MIb
When they haunt me and taunt me in my cage.
SIb MIb SIb MIb
I mock them all, they’re feelin’ small, they got no answer
SIb MIb SIb MIb SOLm
They’re playin’ dumb but I’m just lauging as they rage
Chorus -
DOm DOm/SIb SOL# SOL# SOLm
Please Don’t arrange to have me sent to no asylum
FA SIb
It’s only a game I play for fun
MIb SIb MIb
I’ve been foolin’ everyone - everyone.
MIb FA FA# FA# SOL# LA LA SI
[Breakdown] -
DO FA/DO
Will he take a sailboat ride?
FA SOL FA
He is very likely to
DO FA/DO
Will he feel good inside?
FA SOL FA
He ain’t very likely to
DO FA/DO
Will he tell you he’s alive?
FA SOL FA
He is always tryin’ to
DO DO/SIb LAm
But nothin’, no nothin’ does he vere say
REm MIm FA LAm SOL#
In the morning when the day’s begun
- ’do you think it looks like rain’?
DO REm MIm SOL LAm
And in the evening or the noonday sun
- ’you know I nearly missed my train’
REm MIm FA SOL LAm SOL#
Well I’ve been living next to you my friend
SOL#
But what kind of friend are you?
DO REm MIm FA SOL LAm
Is it the beginning or the sorry end?
LAm
Will I ever see it through?
LAm
I’ve never been insane
SOL#
Oh what’s the game?
REm MIm FA SOL LAm
I believe I’m dy-ing...
[Outro] -
REm MIm FA MIm
SIb
REm MIm FA MIm
SIb
(He's mad, mad, mad, mad...)
REm MIm FA MIm
SIb
(NOT QUITE RIGHT!)
REm MIm FA MIm
SIb
(WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!)
REm MIm FA MIm
SIb
REm MIm FA MIm
SIb
repeat [Intro] and fade
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