Play It Safe chords by Tim Minchin

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Advanced

Intro:

AbAb

Verse 1:
           AbAb
You've gotta keep it simple
        Eb4
Life is like a song
               DbDb
There are tunes that folk are used to
              AbAb
So if you want 'em to sing along
       Eb MajorEb
Just keep it simple

Solo:
(In Notes)
Eb MajorEb AbAb

Verse 2:
          AbAb
You oughta play it safe
        Eb MajorEb
Life is just a game
             DbDb
People like the rules as written
               AbAb
So just give 'em more of the same
        C minorCm
No one likes a smart-arse (No one likes a smart-arse)
        Db7Db7+
No one likes it complicated (You've gotta keep it simple)
           AbAb
If you want to go the distance
            Ab2
Find the path of least resistance
     Eb MajorEb     C7/EC7/E
And just take it

Verse 3:
               F minorFm                   Fm/Eb
You don't want to stick your neck out (You don't want to stick your neck out)
                 Fm/D
They'll take your head off if you do (They're gonna rip your head off)
                DbDb
Just sit up the back and judge others (Hey, sit down!)
              AbAb
It'll keep 'em from judging you

If you're too hard to stomach you'll never amount to nothing
      F minorFm
Ain't that something?

No one cares what you have to say
         F7F7          Bb7Bb7
Just shut up and play the role you're cast in (You've got to play the role you're cast in)

Verse 4:
              F7F7
You see, all the world's a stage
               Eb MajorEb
So just say the lines you're given
          Eb MajorEb
Exactly as they're written

And for God's sake
     Bb majorBb   F7/A
Act your age
        G minorGm
No one likes a show-off (No one likes a show-off)
        D7D7+
No one likes a clown
             Bb majorBb
Just make sure you don't stand out in the crowd
              F7F7
That way they can't cut you down
     D7/F#D7/F#       G minorGm
You gotta build your walls around you (Build your walls around you)
        FF          C7/EC7/E
You build them straight and make 'em square (Build them straight and square)
                 Eb MajorEb
That way you'll blend in with the background
                Bb majorBb
That way no one will point and stare
       G+G
(No one will point and stare)

Verse 5:
            C majorC
You gotta stick to your convictions (Stick to your convictions!)
             G+G
You gotta nail down your views (Nail 'em down)
     FF
You wanna steer clear of the discomfort you feel
                 C majorC
When you walk in another person's shoes (You don't need that!)
     A minorAm
You gotta work out who your team is
             F7F7
Then wear the badge with pride
    C majorC
Find a box that makes ya comfortable
     G+G
And then stay the heck inside

Verse 6:
    A minorAm
On the first day the Lord gave you television (Lord gave you television)
              G+G
On the next he delivered a couch (He delivers)
    C majorC              C7C7
Tell me how do you explain all this content
    D MajorD            D7D7
If the universe wanted you out and about

Chorus 1:
    FF
Toe the line
     FF
Don your suit
     G+G
Hide your truth
     A minorAm
Wipe your tears
      FF
Don't cause trouble
     FF
Find your bubble
     G+G        A minorAm
Stick to black-and-white ideas
    FF
Play it safe
     FF
Know your place
      G+G
Know your lines
     A minorAm
Know your limits
    FF
Find a doctrine
    FF
Get it locked in
    G+G      A minorAm
Build a box and stay in it

    FF
Toe the line
     FF
Don your suit
     G+G
Hide your truth
     A minorAm
Wipe your tears
      FF
Don't cause trouble
     FF
Find your bubble
     G+G        A minorAm
Stick to black-and-white ideas
    FF
Play it safe
    FF
Keep it beige
    G+G     A minorAm
Keep it simple and sameish
     A minorAm         G+G            FF
Leave the weird ideas to the Danish (To the weird old Danish)

Solo:
(In Notes)
A augmentedA BB C majorC E MajorE FF E MajorE
  FF  G+G
(Yeah)

Solo:
(In Notes)
A augmentedA BB D MajorD C majorC E MajorE FF C majorC A augmentedA

Verse 7:
         C majorC
You gotta play it safe
          G+G
Your mind is like a house
        FF
If you keep it locked up tight
               C majorC
You just might keep the world out