Key: D
Introduction: G C G C
G
They play the ball
They play the man
C D
They do whatever they can
C D G D
Use whatever they can to succeed
G
Watching you sanitize
C D
They spit in your eye
C D G
And they tell you how you should proceed
Am D
With the player of games
Bm Em
You'll find no sense of shame
C Bm
Single minded in all that they do
Am D
So what you do then
G Em
Is to do unto them
Am D
What they would've done unto you
G
So play the ball
C
Play the man
G C
Do whatever you can
Eb
When it's the only way
G
To get through
C
Oh and don't think twice
G
About playing nice
F
It's just bad advice
D D4 D
From thе fools
C
'Cause the fools don't know
G
Of the so-and-sos
F D D4 D D4 D D4 D D4 D
Who would see thеm dining on gruel
G
They play the ball
They play the man
C D
They do whatever they can
C D G D
Use whatever they can to succeed
G
Watching you sanitize
C D
They spit in your eye
C D G
And they tell you how you should proceed
Am D
With the player of games
Bm Em
You'll find no sense of shame
C Bm
Single minded in all that they do
Am D
So what you do then
G Em
Is to do unto them
Am D
What they would've done unto you
G
So play the ball
C
Play the man
G C
Do whatever you can
Eb
When it's the only way
G Eb D
To get through