The Game

	  		Intro: F C F C	G C G 
 
C 
A sense of duty was my one intention 
	G 
And an ugly beauty was my own invention 
C 
Pride a proud refusal 
	G 
And i refuse to need your approval 
C 
Too many seekers too few beacons 
G 
But through the fog we'll keep on beaming 
		F 
Through the crying hours of your glitter years 
		C 
All the living out of your tinsel tears 
		F 
And the midnight trains i never made 
		C 
'cos i'd already 
G		C		G 
Played...the game 
C 
Everybody's got their own good reason 
		G 
Why their favorite season is their favorite season 
C 
Winter winners and those summers sons 
		G 
Aren't good for everyone 
Aren't good for everyone 
C						G 
Spring has sprung and autumns well done so well done 
		F 
And it's a better thing that we do now 
		C 
Forgetting everything the whys and hows 
		F 
While you reminisce about the things you miss 
		C 
You won't be ready 
	G	C 
To kiss...goodbye 
C D G 2x 
		C 
The earth is a world 
		D 
The world is a ball 
		G 
A ball in a game with no rules at all 
		C 
And just as i wonder 
		D 
At the beauty of it all 
		G 
You go and drop it and it breaks and falls 
		F 
I'll never understand why you thought i would 
	C 
Need to be reassured and be understood 
	F 
When i always knew that your bad's my good 
	   C 
And i was ready 
G		C 
Ready...to be loved 
G	C	G 
	    C		      G 
Born under mars with jupiter rising 
		C		G 
Fallen from stars that lit my horizon 
		F 
I'll never understand why you thought i would 
		C 
Need to be reassured and be understood 
	F 
When i always knew that your bad's my good 
	   C 
And i was ready,  
G 
Ready...to be 
	0	F 
Through the crying hours of your glitter years 
		C 
All the living out of your tinsel tears 
		F 
And the midnight trains I never made 
		C 
'cos i'd already 
G 
Played 
		F 
It's a better thing that we do now 
		C 
Forgetting everything the whys and hows 
		F 
While you reminisce about the things you miss 
		C			 
You won't be ready 
   G	      C 
To kiss...goodbye