{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1712749,"song":"Play For Today","artist":"Belle and Sebastian","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11361233-play-for-today-chords-by-belle-and-sebastian/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1712749?type=chord","rating":4.8071,"votes":10,"content":"Play for Today by Belle & Sebastian\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse:\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm in a play written today about a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWho hides in attics when the sun is up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEveryone is at work[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat will I do? Where will I go?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShow me the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe truth, the anger, show me rules of thumb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShow the way to grow old[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLove is a guide[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe endless river of the soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut we are mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe dried up riverbeds of rock and stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLust is my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe comes to me when I am tired[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Caug[/ch]\r\nLife is a road, death is a myth[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C6[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nLove is a fraud, it's misunderstood[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWork is a sentence, family's a drag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis house is a trap[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse:\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm in a play written today about a girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe gets on perfectly with young and old[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverybody loves her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat would she wear? The cut of her hair?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe way that she slides[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGracefully into the working week[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe hides her baggage inside[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's got a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn ugly monster that will eat your face[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe has to cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA hefty catalogue of wasted time[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's got a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA lonely monster that will prey on you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Caug[/ch]\r\nLife is a secret, death is a myth[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C6[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nLove is a fraud, it's misunderstood[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWork is a sentence, family's a drag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis house is a trap[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Caug[/ch]\r\nLife is a secret, death is a myth[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C6[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nLove is a fraud, it's misunderstood[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWork is a sentence, family's a drag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis house is a trap[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse:\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm a play written today about a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTired and melancholy, takes the weight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTakes the weight of the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI walked alone, loving the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWalking the earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA worn-out sister who is twenty three[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDried and wrinkled, alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll give you a month[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo see past shadows in your sacred night[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGive you a week[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo look Medusa in the eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll give you a month[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo notice heaven at the side of stage[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nYou're king inside your head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're sitting on a throne of sand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're pushing back the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo lift the mountain up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo tie the writers' ribbons down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAssemble all your troops[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe go to war with metaphors[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nYou suddenly see sense, (I suddenly see sense)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when you do, I'll have the higher ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're not the king of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll take my chance and play for tyranny[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI build the sets, I light the scene[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe're prettier when we are on the screen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI build the sets, I light the scene[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe're braver when we're on the sacred screen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe backstage of your life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's filled with dust and lines you should have sung[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe backstage of your life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's filled with echoes of the ones you loved[/tab]","plain_text":"Play for Today by Belle & Sebastian\n\n\nIntro: C - Am - F - C (x2)\n\n\nVerse:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\nC - Am - F - C\n\n\nVerse:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\nC - Am - F - C (x2)\n\n\nVerse:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF - C - F - C","chords":["C","Am","F","G","Caug","C6","C7","A","F/C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}