Play The Game

Words & Music:

Freddie Mercury

 

This is transcribed in the September/October issue of Guitar Edge.

 

C                            BbM7

Open up your mind and let me step inside

Am                                Fm6/Ab

Rest your weary head and let your heart decide

        C Am  Dm                G              C C7

It's so easy, when you know the rules, it's so easy

F               Fm            C             G7/B

All you have to do is fall in love, play the game,

C                  Gm11    Ab           Bb

Everybody play the game of love.  Oooh, yeah!

 

C  C/B  C7/Bb   Am7  Ab  G  Ab  F  Bb

 

When you're feeling down and your resistance is low,

Light another cigarette and let yourself go.

This is your life, don't play hard to get, its a free world.

All you have to do is fall in love, play the game,

Everybody play the game of love.  Ooooh, yeah!

 

C  C/B  C7/Bb   Am7  Ab  G  Ab  F  Bb

 

F          Bb/F            FM7  F                 C/E       Dm7   Gsus4

My game of love has just begun, love runs from my head down to my toes

G          C/G                Em  Em/D  C            Em    C     D

My love is pumping through my veins---, driving me insane, come, come,

Em7            C6             C7/Bb          Gm7

Play the game, play the game, play the game, play the game.

 

INSTRUMENTAL OVER:

C    Am    Dm    G    C    C7    F    Fm    C    G7/B

 

G7/B     C     Gm11      Ab       Bb7

Play the game, everybody play the game of love.

 

CODA:  [repeat 2 or 3x]

 

This is your life, don't play hard to get,

It's a free world, all you have to do is fall in love.

Play the game, everbody play the game of love.  Ooooh, yeah!