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Strictly Game

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Pretty easy song if you just play the chords. This should be a good jumping-off 
point if you want to go all the way and figure out the picking pattern. I'm 
surprised this song hadn't been done already. Oh well.  A great tune by a band we 
Intro:  G(hold until Ooh-oh, you can hear it change)  Am( G   D   Em2x)
GUp from the basement to my Dbest friend's farm
Where we'll Emwork so hard, we can do no harm
We'll Gtill the land and Dduck our debts
UnderEmneath soft sun, chewing Nicorette
GThis will Dbe a better EmyearG  
This will Dbe a better Emyear
GMake a little money, Dtake a lot of shit
EmFeel real bad, then get over it
GThis will Dbe a better Emyear
COh I keep pushing boulders
GI stay game till sun'll shake my shoulders
COh, I keep feeling older
GI stay game, stay game, stay game
GThe East Coast kids, man, Dwe just don't know
Singing Emwait, wait, stop, drop me, go, go, go
But I'm Gtaken by the hand to a Dblue pay phone
We can Embreak blue laws with our skin and bones
And now I'm Gback in the city, I'm counting Dfrick frick frick
Heard of Emmilk great things, speaking soft and thick
He said, "If Glife gives you lemons, Dthen thus god bade.
So put a Emlittle bit of bitter in your pink lemonade"
I'm siCck of thee sheep, I'm siCmaj7ck of thou shepherd
Sick of Gdressing like a human when I'm feeling like a leopard
I'm Csick of slow rock, I'm Cmaj7sick of quick quips
Sick of Gholding on to nothing when I just want to hold your hipsC  
GThis will Dbe a better EmyearG  
This will Dbe a better Emyear
GMake a little money, Dtake a lot of shit
EmFeel real bad, then get over it
GThis will Dbe a better Emyear
COh I keep pushing boulders
GI stay game till sun'll shake my shoulders
COh, I keep feeling older
GI stay game, stay game, stay gameAm  
Then the nah-nahh part uses the C, Cmaj7,  Gpattern - you can work it out
easily if you listen to the song.

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Strictly Game

by Harlem Shakes

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Cmaj7

Pretty easy song if you just play the chords. This should be a good jumping-off

point if you want to go all the way and figure out the picking pattern. I'm

surprised this song hadn't been done already. Oh well. A great tune by a band we

G Am G D Em

Intro: (hold until Ooh-oh, you can hear it change) ( 2x)

G D

Up from the basement to my best friend's farm

Where we'll work so hard, we can do no harm

G D

We'll till the land and duck our debts

Underneath soft sun, chewing Nicorette

G D Em G

This will be a better year

D Em

This will be a better year

G D

Make a little money, take a lot of shit

Feel real bad, then get over it

G D Em

This will be a better year

Oh I keep pushing boulders

I stay game till sun'll shake my shoulders

Oh, I keep feeling older

I stay game, stay game, stay game

G D

The East Coast kids, man, we just don't know

Singing wait, wait, stop, drop me, go, go, go

G D

But I'm taken by the hand to a blue pay phone

We can break blue laws with our skin and bones

G D

And now I'm back in the city, I'm counting frick frick frick

Heard of milk great things, speaking soft and thick

G D

He said, "If life gives you lemons, then thus god bade.

So put a little bit of bitter in your pink lemonade"

C Cmaj7

I'm sick of thee sheep, I'm sick of thou shepherd

Sick of dressing like a human when I'm feeling like a leopard

C Cmaj7

I'm sick of slow rock, I'm sick of quick quips

G C

Sick of holding on to nothing when I just want to hold your hips

G D Em G

This will be a better year

D Em

This will be a better year

G D

Make a little money, take a lot of shit

Feel real bad, then get over it

G D Em

This will be a better year

Oh I keep pushing boulders

I stay game till sun'll shake my shoulders

Oh, I keep feeling older

G Am

I stay game, stay game, stay game

C Cmaj7 G

Then the nah-nahh part uses the , , pattern - you can work it out

easily if you listen to the song.

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