Key: A
Introduction: Am7 D7(9) Am7 D7(9)
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Seems I've played the game for much too long
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I let people buy my love and I
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Never got to sing my songs for you.
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I had all my bets laid all on you
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Set your stakes too high, you're bound to lose.
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In the game of love you pay your dues.
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Say that happiness cannot be measured,
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And a little pain can bring you all life's little pleasures.
D7 C#m7(b5)
What a joke.
Am7 F#m7(b5) B7 Em7 D7(9)
I was not your woman, I was not your friend,
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But you gave me something to remember.
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No other man said love yourself
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Nobody else can.
F#m7(b5)
We weren't meant to be,
B7 Em7 D7(9)
At least not in this lifetime,
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But you gave me something to remember.
B7/D# Em
I hear you still say, Love yourself.
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I had all my bets laid all on you
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Set your stakes too high, you're bound to lose.
Fm7 E7(#5) G#º Am D7(9)
In the game of love I've paid my dues.
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Guess I'm waiting for my place in your sun,
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Wish I had the chance to know you and it wasn't stormy weather.
D7 C#m7(b5)
What a shame, who's to blame?