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Have to love Björk! Will do a tab for this!
If you see *, it's because you COULD play Em7/B A/B, but you don't have to.
Capo on one!
Chords: E A D G B e
Bm7     x 2 4 2 3 2
Em7/B   x 2 2 0 3 3
G/B     x 2 0 0 3 3
A/B     x 2 2 2 2 0
E/B     x 2 2 1 0 0
E7/B    x 2 0 1 0 0
[Intro]
   Bm7|    Em7/B|   Bm7|    Em7/B  
   Bm7|    Em7/B|   Bm7|    Em7/B  
   G/B|      G/B|   G/B|  G/B  
[Verse A]
  Bm7Darling     Em7/BstoA/Bp confusing me
   Bm7With your Em7/BwishfA/Bul thinking
 Bm7Hopeful Em7/BembracA/Bes
  G/BDon't you unEm7/BderstaA/Bnd?
[Verse B]
              Bm7*
  I have to go through this
   Bm7I belong to here where
  *
No-one cares and no-one loves
                  Bm7*
  No light no air to live in
Bm7A place called hate
[mute]
    The city of fear
[Bridge]
E/BAhh - E/Bahh - E/Bahh - E7/Bahh
[Instrumental]
   Bm7| Em7/B|   Bm7|    Em7/B  
[Verse C]
     Bm7I play Em7/BdeadA/B  
  Bm7It stops Em7/Bthe huA/Brting
   Bm7I play dEm7/BeadA/B  
   Bm7And the Em7/BhurtinA/Bg stops
[Verse D]
                       Bm7*
  It's sometimes just like sleeping
           Bm7*
 Curling up inside my private tortures
                       Bm7*
     I nestle into pain
Bm7Hug suffering
[mute]
Caress every ache
[Bridge]
E/BAhh - E/Bahh - E/Bahh - E7/Bahh
[Instrumental until fade]
     Bm7| Em7/B|   Bm7|   Em7/B  
 I play dead,   it stops the hurting

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Play Dead

by Björk

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

Em7/B

G/B

A/B

E/B

E7/B

Have to love Björk! Will do a tab for this!

If you see *, it's because you COULD play Em7/B A/B, but you don't have to.

Capo on one!

Chords: E A D G B e

Bm7 x 2 4 2 3 2

Em7/B x 2 2 0 3 3

G/B x 2 0 0 3 3

A/B x 2 2 2 2 0

E/B x 2 2 1 0 0

E7/B x 2 0 1 0 0

[Intro]

Bm7 Em7/B Bm7 Em7/B

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Bm7 Em7/B Bm7 Em7/B

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G/B G/B G/B G/B

| | |

[Verse A]

Bm7 Em7/B A/B

Darling stop confusing me

Bm7 Em7/B A/B

With your wishful thinking

Bm7 Em7/B A/B

Hopeful embraces

G/B Em7/B A/B

Don't you understand?

[Verse B]

Bm7

I have to go through this

Bm7

I belong to here where

No-one cares and no-one loves

Bm7

No light no air to live in

Bm7

A place called hate

[mute]

The city of fear

[Bridge]

E/B E/B E/B E7/B

Ahh - ahh - ahh - ahh

[Instrumental]

Bm7 Em7/B Bm7 Em7/B

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[Verse C]

Bm7 Em7/B A/B

I play dead

Bm7 Em7/B A/B

It stops the hurting

Bm7 Em7/B A/B

I play dead

Bm7 Em7/B A/B

And the hurting stops

[Verse D]

Bm7

It's sometimes just like sleeping

Bm7

Curling up inside my private tortures

Bm7

I nestle into pain

Bm7

Hug suffering

[mute]

Caress every ache

[Bridge]

E/B E/B E/B E7/B

Ahh - ahh - ahh - ahh

[Instrumental until fade]

Bm7 Em7/B Bm7 Em7/B

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I play dead, it stops the hurting

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