Key: Eb major
Intro 1
D
F#m
D
Bm
G
A
D
A
Verse 1
Bm
D
For work is bread upon his plate
Bm
G
Boss is rather pleased
A
D
to hear that Frank
Bm
A
Is working late
D
F#m
So Frank picks up the telephone
Bm
D
and dials the number of his home
G
A
While Margie, I'll be very late,
Bm
D
Bm
A
so Margie sleeps alone
D
Bm
Em
A
We three children, all the same,
D
A
Bm
taking part in some
E
A
strange game
D
F#m
Who plays wrong and
G
D
who's to blame
Bm
G
A
We're children in a game
D
F#m
The boss says, Frank, you are my man
Bm
D
About that raise I'll do what I can
G
A
Frank is thinking, mighty proud
Bm
D
Bm
A
A working man I am
D
F#m
While Margie sits at home
G
A
Tucks the children into bed
D
Bm
A
into the mirror she looks
D
Bm
Em
A
We three children all the same
D
A
D
Bm
Taking part in
E
A
some strange game
D
F#m
Who plays wrong and
G
D
who's to blame?
Bm
G
A
We're children in a game
Bm
F#m
A
Bm
G
A
Bm
D
Frank is the pearl within her shell
G
A
But when the sun goes down at night,
D
Bm
A
her body aches like hell
D
F#m
Standing naked in the room,
D
Bm
the streetlights flicker in the gloom
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A
My eyes rest on her perfect shape,
D
Bm
A
I'll be her lover soon
D
Bm
We three children,
Em
A
all the same,
D
A
Bm
E
A
taking part in some strange game.
D
F#m
G
Who plays wrong and who's
A
D
to blame?
Bm
G
A
We're children in a game.
D
F#m
Well, Frank, I know you are misled,
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Bm
she said.
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A
We're dreamers captured in our dream,
D
Bm
A
fulfilled upon your bed.
D
Bm
Em
A
We three children, all the same
D
A
Bm
Taken part in
E
A
some strange game
D
F#m
Who plays wrong and
G
D
who's to blame
Bm
G
A
We're children in a game
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