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The Old Playground

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[Intro]
G F G F
[Verse 1]
CWalking on the Gsidewalk, Emroundball under my Darm
CEverybody kGnows how you Emplay is who yoDu areC  
CWalking down the Groad, Emlooking for a game or Dtwo
CThe real moves Gcome through, Emno matter what they're gonna Ddo 
It's Gdown to you
[Chorus]
GTake me to the Dold playgEmround
CWhere the old ones rule, Fand the young ones do their time
GTake me to the Dold playgEmround
CWhere the talk is cheap
FAnd the restless stalk that baseGline
G F G F
[Verse 2]
CThe old sage Gfrowns, Emhe says just pass it on Daround
CBut all-world Gjunior's pulling Emup from downtDownC  
CFor some it's a Gway out, for Emsome it's a way Din
CMost of us Gdon't even care
EmWe're just looking for Danother gym to get in
[Chorus]
GTake me to the Dold playgEmround
CWhere the old ones rule, Fand the young ones do their time
GTake me to the Dold playgEmround
CWhere some play from dreams
FAnd the rest just play for pride
[Solo]
Em D Em
Em D C
Em D C
Em D C
[Bridge]
DThe old man said stop running with those Cboys
DBut they know what to do and their folks Cdon't mind the noise
DSay hey now, everybody's gonna get Calong
DJust call your own foul when you breaCk the rules
If you make it you take it, Dso make your move
[Chorus]
GTake me to the Dold playEmground
CWhere the old ones rule, Fand the young ones do their time
GTake me to the Dold playEmground
CWhere the talk is cheap
FAnd the restless stalk that Gbaseline 
[Outro]
 G   C   G   F|repeat and fade out

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The Old Playground

by Bruce Hornsby

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G F G F

[Verse 1]

C G Em D

Walking on the sidewalk, roundball under my arm

C G Em D C

Everybody knows how you play is who you are

C G Em D

Walking down the road, looking for a game or two

C G Em D

The real moves come through, no matter what they're gonna do

It's down to you

[Chorus]

G D Em

Take me to the old playground

C F

Where the old ones rule, and the young ones do their time

G D Em

Take me to the old playground

Where the talk is cheap

F G

And the restless stalk that baseline

G F G F

[Verse 2]

C G Em D

The old sage frowns, he says just pass it on around

C G Em D C

But all-world junior's pulling up from downtown

C G Em D

For some it's a way out, for some it's a way in

C G

Most of us don't even care

Em D

We're just looking for another gym to get in

[Chorus]

G D Em

Take me to the old playground

C F

Where the old ones rule, and the young ones do their time

G D Em

Take me to the old playground

Where some play from dreams

And the rest just play for pride

[Solo]

Em D Em

Em D C

[Bridge]

D C

The old man said stop running with those boys

D C

But they know what to do and their folks don't mind the noise

D C

Say hey now, everybody's gonna get along

D C

Just call your own foul when you break the rules

If you make it you take it, so make your move

[Chorus]

G D Em

Take me to the old playground

C F

Where the old ones rule, and the young ones do their time

G D Em

Take me to the old playground

Where the talk is cheap

F G

And the restless stalk that baseline

[Outro]

G C G F

|repeat and fade out

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