The Name Of The Game
(Pete Ham)
Introd. : (E C#m Bm A Asus
A) 2x (E C#m Bm A)
Bm
F#m
C#m
I saw the railway master, and
I looked him in the eye
D
A
G
D
Said "Would you go much faster,
if you thought that you would die?"
A
Bm
F#m
C#m
He said "Not me sir, I could
not care, in fact I would not try
D
A
G
D
For protest would not take
me far, it's different me not being a star"
B
D
A E C#m Bm A
I lock my feelings in a jar,
until another day
Bm
F#m
C#m
Oh comfort me dear brother,
won't you tell me what you know
D
A
G
D
For somewhere in this paper
world is a place where I can go
A
Bm
F#m
C#m
Oh long-awaited mother, is
it time to make a show?
D
A
And take your babies to your
breasts
G
D
You know we never passed the
test
B
D
A
All our sins should be confessed
before we carry on
E
Bm
refrão { Oh, don't refuse
me
G
D
A
If you choose me, you'll follow
my shame
E
Bm
No, don't confuse me
G
D
A E C#m Bm
For I know it's the name of
the game }
A
Bm
F#m
C#m
I got up off my pillow and
I looked up at the sun
D
A
G
D
Said "You can see quite clearly
now, the things that we have done
A
Bm
F#m
C#m
We've burned your sacred willow
and our battles, we have won
D
A
G
D
But did we get so very far?
It's different me not being a star"
B
D
A
I lock my feelings in a jar,
until they go away
(Repetir Refrão) (E
Bm G D A) ...x
