Standard Tuning EADGBe
Mr. Tillman's brilliant pisstake on Ryan Adams' infamous covers album.
In the style of the Velvet Underground.
(Note: the G F# F E walkdown is one strum each)
Intro: D F# G G F# F E
Verse 1:
D F# G G F# F E
Nice to meet you, where you been? I could show you incredible things
D F# G G F# F E
Magic madness heaven sin saw ya there and thought OMG look at that face you look like my next mistake
D F# G G F# F E
Love’s a game, want to play?
D F# G G F# F E
New money, suit and tie, I can read you like a magazine, ain't it funny how rumors fly
D F# G G F# F E
And I know you heard about me so let's be friends I'm dying to see how this one ends
D F# G G F# F E
Grab your passport and my hand I can make the bad guys good for a weekend
Pre-Chorus 1:
D F# G G F# F E
It's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames
D F# G G F# F E
You tell me when it's over if the high was worth the pain
D F# G G F# F E
I've got a long list of ex-lovers and they'll tell you I'm insane
Chorus 1:
D G D G
Cause you know I love the players, oh you know I love the players
D G D
Oh I love the players, whooo, and you love the game
Pre-Chorus 2:
D F# G G F# F E
Cause we're young and we're reckless and we'll take this way too far
D F# G G F# F E
It'll leave you, it'll leave you breathless baby or with a nasty scar
D F# G G F# F E
I got a long list of ex-lovers and they'll tell you I'm insane
Chorus 2:
D G D G
But I've got a blank space baby, oh I got a, I got a blank space baby, whooo
D G D
I got a blank space baby and I'll write your name
Verse 2:
D F# G G F# F E
Cherry lips, crystal skies I could show you incredible things
D F# G G F# F E
Stolen kisses, pretty lies, you're the king baby and I'm your queen, whoo
D F# G G F# F E
Find out what you want be that girl for a month but the worst is yet to come, oh no
D F# G G F# F E
I'm Screaming, baby I'm crying perfect storm I could make all the tables turn
D F# G G F# F E
Rose gardens filled with thorns Keep you second guessing like "Oh my God, who is she?"
D F# G G F# F E
Get drunk on jealousy but you'll come back each time you leave cause darling I'm a nighmare dressed like a daydream
Pre-Chorus 3:
D F# G G F# F E
So it's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames
D F# G G F# F E
You tell me when it's over if the high was worth the pain
D F# G G F# F E
I've got a long list of ex-lovers and they'll tell you I'm insane
Chorus 3:
D G D G
Cause you know I love the players, oh you know I love the players
D G D
Oh I love the players, whooo, and you love the game
Pre-Chorus 4:
D F# G G F# F E
Cause we're young and we're reckless and we'll take this way too far
D F# G G F# F E
It'll leave you, it'll leave you breathless baby or with a nasty scar
D F# G G F# F E
I got a long list of ex-lovers and they'll tell you I'm insane
Chorus 4:
D G D G
But I've got a blank space baby, oh I got a, I got a blank space baby, whooo
D G D
I got a blank space baby and I'll write your name
Bridge:
D F# G G F# F E
Boys only want you if it's torture, don't say I didn't say I didn't warn you
D F# G G F# F E
Boys only want love if it's torture, don't say I didn't say I didn't warn you, whoo
Pre-Chorus 5:
D F# G G F# F E
So it's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames
D F# G G F# F E
You tell me when it's over if the high was worth the pain
D F# G G F# F E
I've got a long list of ex-lovers and they'll tell you I'm insane
Chorus 5:
D G D G
Cause you know I love the players, oh you know I love the players
D G D
Oh I love the players, whooo, and you love the game, whooooo oh oh oh oh.....
(end)
