Chords with lyrics
Key: Cm
Strange Game by Mick Jagger (from the Apple TV series Slow Horses)
Tuning: Standard (G C E A)
🎸 Intro:
Cm G Cm Eb G
🎸 Verse 1:
Cm Eb G
Surrounded by losers misfits and boozers
Cm Eb G
Hanging by your fingernails
Cm Ab Eb G
You made one mistake, you got burned at the stake
Cm G Cm
You’re finished, you’re foolish, you failed
🎸 Verse 2:
Eb G
There’s always a hope on this slippery slope
Cm Eb G7
Somewhere a ghost of a chance
Cm Ab Eb G
To get back in the game and burn off your shame
Cm G Cm
A dance with the big boys again
🎸 Interlude:
Ab Eb G Cm Eb Cm G7 Cm Eb G
🎸 Chorus:
G Cm G
It’s a strange, strange game
Cm Eb Gm
Strange, strange game
Cm G
Such a shame shame shame
Cm Eb G
Yes, a strange game
🎸 Verse 3:
Cm Eb G
You got to carry the blame
Cm G7
In this strange game
Cm Ab Eb Gm
You’re out on a limb and you’re trying to get in
Cm G Cm
It’s a strange game
🎸 Interlude:
Fm Cm Fm G
🎸 Verse 4:
Cm Eb G
You piled up the corpses exhausted your sourced
Cm Eb G
Living right under a cloud
Cm Ab Eb Gm
The odds are against you, the gods haven’t blessed you
Cm G Cm
You better get back on the rails
🎸 Verse 5:
Eb G
Drill down on the data, keep pushing the paper
Cm Eb G
The damps dripping down on the walls
Cm Ab Eb G
It’s a million to one, there’s a place in the sun
Cm G Cm
To dance with the big boys again
🎸 Interlude:
Cm Eb G Cm G Cm Ab Eb Cm
🎸 Chorus:
Cm G
It’s a strange, strange game
Cm G7
Strange, oh so strange
Cm G
You don’t even know my real name
Cm Eb G
It’s a strange game
Cm Eb G
You got to carry the blame
Cm G7
In this strange game
Cm Ab Eb G
You’re out on a limb and you’re trying hard to get in
Cm
It’s a strange game