Lyrics:

CHILD'S PLAY
Written by Garth Porter and Clive Shakespeare

4 beats per chord
` = 2 beats * = Gmaj9/F# vocal/bass on 2+
. = staccato on Beat-3 then tacet - = melodic lick described below

PROLOGUE: (slower)
`D `Bm7 F#m7
Children see life in a special way
`Em `Cmaj7/G C9
Maybe we can learn from what they say
(a tempo)

HALF-CHORUS:
G * C G * C.
Chi-ih-ld's play chi-ih-ld's play when

VERSE:
Am Am
Things don't look good don't turn out like they could have
G G
Been hmm when the
Am Bm
Going gets tough and you don't see enough of the
Em Eb
Things that you'd like to see

PRE-CHORUS-1:
Bb Fm
Kick off your shoes you've got nothing to lose you can
Bb Cm F
Take all the world in your stri-ih-ih-ide it's

CHORUS:
G C G C
Child's play no complications child's play no hesitations
G * C G * C.
Chi-ih-ld's play chi-ih-ld's play when you

VERSE:
Am Am
Run in the race but you don't get a place
G G
Okay that
Am Bm
Man on the line says you're making bad time and you're
Em Eb
Going around the wrong way

PRE-CHORUS-2:
Bb Fm
Let yourself go you're the star of the show don't
Bb Cm F
Let the whole world pass you by-ih-ih-y it's

CHORUS:
G C G C
Child's play no complications child's play no hesitations
G * C G * C
Chi-ih-ld's play chi-ih-ld's play

LINK:
A D A A

BRIDGE:
C- C- G G

C- C- G G-
It's only a game ooh
C C- G G-
ooh yeah it's only a game ooh-huh ooh-huh
C C- G G-
eah-yeah it's only a game ooh aah
C C- G G-
rahnbabe it's only a game so when

VERSE-VARIATION:
Am D
Things don't look good don't turn out like they could have
G G
Been when the
Am Bm
Going gets tough and you don't see enough of the
Em Eb
Things that you'd like to see

PRE-CHORUS-1:
Bb Fm
Kick off your shoes you've got nothing to lose you can
Bb Cm F
Take all the world in your stri-ih-ih-ide it's

CHORUS:
G C G C
Child's play no complications child's play no hesitations
G * C G * C
Chi-ih-ld's play chi-ih-ld's play

TAG:
G * C Gadd9 (Lead vocal holds E-note thus G6/9)
Chi-ih-ld's play_______
C B A G -bass
1 2+ 4

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CHORDS:
G C Am Bm Em Eb Bb Fm Cm F A D Gadd9
E|--3---8----5---7---7-------6---8----8---------5---5----5--|
B|--3---8----5---7---8---8---6---9----8----10---5---7----3--|
G|--4---9----5---7---9---8---7---10---8----10---6---7----4--|
D|--5---10---7---9---9---8---8---10---10---10---7---7----5--|
A|-------------------7---6-------8---------8--------5-------|
E|--3---8----5---7-----------6--------8---------5--------3--|

Rhythm guitar plays mainly four-string chords in funky sixteenth-note
patterns - thumb adds optional notes on 6th-string.

PROLOGUE:
D Bm7 F#m7 Em Cmaj7/G C9
E|--2----2----0----0-----0------0--|
B|--3----0----2----0-----0------3--|
G|--2----2----2----0-----0------3--|
D|--0----0----4----2-----2------2--|
A|-------2---------------3------3--|
E|-----------------------3---------|

LINK:
A D A
1 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 2 + 3 + 4 1
E|-----------------|-----------------|----~~
B|-5-------------7-|-5---------------|----~~
G|-------6---7-----|-------6---------|----~~
D|-----------------|-----------7-----|----~~
A|-----------------|-----------------|----~~
E|-----------------|-----------------|----~~

BRIDGE:
(licks incorporated into the chord strum)
C- G-
1 + 2 3 4 1 + 2 3 4
E|----------------||----------------|
B|-10-8-----------||-5--3-----------|
G|-------9--------||-------4--------|
D|----------------||----------------|
A|----------------||----------------|
E|----------------||----------------|