Play It Safe chords by Tim Minchin

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Intro:

Ab

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

Solo:
(In Notes)
Eb Ab

Verse 2:
                   Ab
You oughta play it safe
               Eb
Life is just a game
                         Db
People like the rules as written
                             Ab
So just give 'em more of the same
               Cm
No one likes a smart-arse (No one likes a smart-arse)
                Db7+
No one likes it complicated (You've gotta keep it simple)
                      Ab
If you want to go the distance
                       Ab2
Find the path of least resistance
         Eb         C7/E
And just take it

Verse 3:
                             Fm                                     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)
                               Db
Just sit up the back and judge others (Hey, sit down!)
                            Ab
It'll keep 'em from judging you

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

No one cares what you have to say
                 F7                   Bb7
Just shut up and play the role you're cast in (You've got to play the role you're cast in)

Verse 4:
                           F7
You see, all the world's a stage
                             Eb
So just say the lines you're given
                   Eb
Exactly as they're written

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

Verse 5:
                        C
You gotta stick to your convictions (Stick to your convictions!)
                         G
You gotta nail down your views (Nail 'em down)
          F
You wanna steer clear of the discomfort you feel
                                  C
When you walk in another person's shoes (You don't need that!)
          Am
You gotta work out who your team is
                         F7
Then wear the badge with pride
       C
Find a box that makes ya comfortable
         G
And then stay the heck inside

Verse 6:
       Am
On the first day the Lord gave you television (Lord gave you television)
                           G
On the next he delivered a couch (He delivers)
        C                           C7
Tell me how do you explain all this content
       D                       D7
If the universe wanted you out and about

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

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

Solo:
(In Notes)
A B C E F E
   F   G
(Yeah)

Solo:
(In Notes)
A B D C E F C A

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