Joe South, Games People Play (1968)
^{Key: :[A] (w: Joe South)}

INTRO 1:
[A] [E7] ^[D] ^[E7] [A]
[A] [E7] ^[D] ^[E7] [A]

INTRO 2:
La-da-da, da-da, [A] da, da-da
La-da-da, da-da, [E7] da, da-de
La-la, la [D], la, la-la [E7]
La-da-da, da-da, [A] da, da-da

VERSE 1:
[A] Oh the games people play now
every night and every [E7] day now
Never meaning what they [D] say now
[E7] never saying what they [A] mean

VERSE 2:
And they wile away the hours
in their ivory [E7] towers
Till they're covered up with [D] flowers
in the [E7] back of a black limous-[A]-ine

CHORUS:
La-da-da, da-da, [A] da, da-da
La-da-da, da-da, [E7] da, da-de
Talking 'bout [D] you and me [E7]
And the games people [A] play now

VERSE 3:
Oh we make one an-[A]-other cry
break a heart then we [E7] say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we [D] hope to die [E7]
that the other was to [A] blame

VERSE 4:
Neither one will [A] give in
so we gaze at our [E7] eight by ten
Thinking 'bout the things that [D] might have been [E7]
And it's a dirty rotten [A] shame

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL:

BREAK: [A] [E7] ^[D] ^[E7] [A]

VERSE 5:
People walking up [A] to you
singing glory halle-[E7]-luia
And they're trying [D] to sock it to you [E7]
in the name of the [A] Lord

VERSE 6:
They're gonna teach you how to [A] meditate
read your horoscope [E7] cheat your faith
And further more to [D] hell with hate [E7]
come on and get on [A] board

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 7:
Look around tell me [A] what you see
what's happening to [E7] you and me
God grant me the se-[D]-renity [E7]
to remember who I [A] am

VERSE 8:
Cause you've given up your [A] sanity
for your pride and your [E7] vanity
Turns you sad on hu-[D]-manity [E7]
and you don't give a [A] da da da da da

REPEAT CHORUS: