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Play Tough

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 29Position: 8

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Intro/bridge riff:
e|--C-----8--10p8------G--7--------|
B|-----8---8----8---8-----8---8--|
G|--/9------------9---------7----|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Chorus riff:    
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|------------------5-5-3-3-2-2-0-0--|
E|--5-5-3-3-2-2-0-0------------------|
GSaturday you Dwoke me up from a drEmeam
Torn out of the Bmpages of a magazine
Chorus:
CYou gotta play Gtough, my love (whoa-ooh-Cwhoa)
You gotta play Gcool (whoa-ooh-Cwhoa)
You gotta play Gtough, my love
(Chorus riff)
When you play me for a fool
(When you play me for a)
GSaturday you Dwoke me up into a drag (a Emdrag)
Peaches in the Bmcreases of a plastic bag (a bag)
[Chorus]
Bridge:
(When you play me for a CfoolG  
  C     G
 Afool
  C     G
 Afool
When you play me for a)
GSaturday is Dnot the ideal day to break Emup (to break)
Don't you know it Bmtakes a little time to wake up (to wake)
[Chorus]
[Bridge]

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Play Tough

by The Apples in Stereo

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Intro/bridge riff:

C G

e|-------8--10p8--------7--------|

B|-----8---8----8---8-----8---8--|

G|--/9------------9---------7----|

D|-------------------------------|

A|-------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------|

Chorus riff:

e|-----------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------|

A|------------------5-5-3-3-2-2-0-0--|

E|--5-5-3-3-2-2-0-0------------------|

G D Em

Saturday you woke me up from a dream

Torn out of the pages of a magazine

Chorus:

C G C

You gotta play tough, my love (whoa-ooh-whoa)

G C

You gotta play cool (whoa-ooh-whoa)

You gotta play tough, my love

(Chorus riff)

When you play me for a fool

(When you play me for a)

G D Em

Saturday you woke me up into a drag (a drag)

Peaches in the creases of a plastic bag (a bag)

[Chorus]

Bridge:

C G

(When you play me for a fool

C G

fool

C G

fool

When you play me for a)

G D Em

Saturday is not the ideal day to break up (to break)

Don't you know it takes a little time to wake up (to wake)

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

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