It's A Mugs Game chords by
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Key: G major

Intro 1
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Oh God,

Verse 1
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E E 
 
G G 
 
it's an other night
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G G 
 
And your head is feeling like a lump of lead
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G G 
 
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You should never have drunk
G G 
 
those party- fours
Abdim Abdim 
 
You should of been home
G G 
 
being good instead

Verse 2
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G G 
 
Ever been in a deja vue and
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
the end  is the same again
Em Em 
 
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
You ran out of your silver thins and you're
D D 
 
trying to be so high class
Am Am 
 
Though you need a bath and your
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
hair's looking like string
D D 
 
And though you're nearly broke you
G G 
 
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
end up paying for all the drinks
Em Em 
 
And you tell them, "Oh,

Verse 3
G G 
 
it's nothing
There's a million where
D D 
 
those came from"
Am Am 
 
And then you whisper to your
Em Em 
 
longest suffering friend
G G 
 
"Please lend me a few quid"

Interlude 1

Oh God,

Verse 4
Ab Ab 
 
G G 
 
it's another day
Ab Ab 
 
G G 
 
And your stomach's feeling
like a blown- up balloon
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G G 
 
You should never have
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G G 
 
eaten that greasy food
Ab Ab 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
G G 
 
The doc      tor told you that chile
Ab Ab 
 
was bad for your blood
Abdim Abdim 
 
G G 
 
And      you're standing at the

Verse 5
G G 
 
D D 
 
chemist in boots
Am Am 
 
Coughing up your guts   like
you're at deaths door
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
And all this for a packet of Do- Do's
D D 
 
And the assistant gives you
Am Am 
 
a wink and you turn bright red
Em Em 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
G G 
 
It's at time like     this that
you wish you were dead
D D 
 
And you take

Verse 6
Am Am 
 
the whole packet and
you feel like you've drunk
Em Em 
 
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G G 
 
A   bottle of bleach   and
you tell yourself
D D 
 
"Never,  never again,
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
not until next week anyway"
G G 
 
D D 
 
And you were never one for holding drink
Am Am 
 
And you stagger off

Verse 7
Em Em 
 
to the toilet
E E 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
And you throw up
G G 
 
like it was Christmas
D D 
 
And you miss the bowl and
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
you hit your shoes
Em Em 
 
And there's no  paper towels,
Abdim Abdim 
 
G G 
 
what else     can go wrong for you
D D 
 
It's a choice

Verse 8
Am Am 
 
between a cab fare home
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
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and a packet  of cigarettes
G G 
 
So you choose and the money
D D 
 
sticks in the machine
Am Am 
 
And the manager says
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
"Tough shit, drink up and leave"

Interlude 2
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Oh God,

Verse 9
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E E 
 
G G 
 
it's an other disease
Ab Ab 
 
G G 
 
And you just got rid of the last
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G G 
 
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G G 
 
You were beginning to feel okay
Ab Ab 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
G G 
 
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And the friends you gave it  to were speak
Ab Ab 
 
G G 
 
ing to you again
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E E 
 
G G

Verse 10
Ab Ab 
 
E E 
 
G G 
 
And you find yourself having
D D 
 
sex in the back of the car
Am Am 
 
And the girl underneath
Em Em 
 
doesn't care who you are
G G 
 
D D 
 
And you're nearly there and
she still doesn't care
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
And her chewing gum is get
G G 
 
ting stuck in your hair

Verse 11
G G 
 
And there's something wrong
D D 
 
Something that you forgot
Am Am 
 
Oh shit,
Em Em 
 
you've forgotten the rubber
G G 
 
And you don't want a kid
D D 
 
Well, deny it was you,

Verse 12
Am Am 
 
oh Christ,
if your dad finds out
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Then he'll make you stay
D D 
 
in and do your homework
Am Am 
 
And cut your hair and wear your
Em Em 
 
school uniform out in the street
G G 
 
D D 
 
What a fate worse than death
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 

Verse 13
G G 
 
Oh well, he can't hit you,
D D 
 
you can hit him back
Am Am 
 
And play your records so loud
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
All the ones that he especially hates
D D 
 
Deep Purple in Rock, Led Zeppelin II
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
Well, even you hate those

Verse 14
G G 
 
Well, on second thoughts
D D 
 
I think I'll leave home and go
Am Am 
 
and live in America
Em Em 
 
Because they earn more
G G 
 
money there
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
Am Am 
 
And you can get away with murder,
Em Em 
 
yeah

Interlude 3

Oh, this is a mugs game

Verse 15
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D D 
 
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
I
Em Em 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
G G 
 
can't
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
wait until I'm twenty one
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
And I can tell them all to sod off

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