Key: C
Introduction: C Bb Dm7 G4
C Bb
Summer child and Wendy, I ain't seen for a while
Dm7
Since she's been working trying to catch her own style
G4 C
With that I got her back my kettle's always boiling, snow is falling
Bb
Hmmm, and it's truly freezing
Dm7
Denny ain't been calling, he's got a family
G4
But outside my door it still says: "Welcome on the floor
C
Life is just a big ol' game to me
Bb
I'd like to be number one on your team
Dm7
Call me baby (Baby). Pick me up, baby girl (Baby)
G4
One day someone will snatch me for their lady...
C
The buds in their blooms now
Bb
But no letter's come from Lucy
Dm7
She's deep in her book tryin' to bring down the words
G4
But she's on my mind profusely, my sister Lucy...
C Bb
The birds and the bees, they do their thing in trees
Dm7
While we're hustling, bustling, Rosalind's playing the game of life
G4
Looking in a dark ligh for the answer to the questions, like
C
Life is just a big ol' game to me
Bb
I'd like to be number one on your team
Dm7
Call me baby (Baby). Pick me up, baby girl (Baby)
G4
One day someone will snatch me for their lady...
C
I could never be you number two
Bb
'Cause when you're not there I'm sure someone's loving you
Dm7
And I can't have it, I won't have it
G4
One day someone will snatch me for their lady
C
You know sometimes... See I find myself confused
It's always "why this" and uh uh uh, "why that?"
Dm
Well, then one more why, why can't I start playing?
G4 C
Life is just a big ol' game to me
F4
I'd like to be number one on your team
Dm7
Call me baby (Baby). Pick me up, baby girl (Baby)
G4
One day someone will snatch me for their lady...
C
I could never be you number two
Bb
'Cause when you're not there I'm sure someone's loving you
Dm7
And I can't have it, I won't have it
G4
One day someone will snatch me for their lady...
C
Life is just a big ol' game to me
Bb
I'd like to be number one on your team
Dm7
Call me baby (Baby). Pick me up, baby girl (Baby)
G4
One day someone will snatch me for their lady...
C
I could never be you number two
Bb
'Cause when you're not there I'm sure someone's loving you
Dm7
And I can't have it, I won't have it
G4
One day someone will snatch me for their lady