Video Game chords by Rod MacDonald

SimplifiedG · Gm · C · D · A

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Gm 
G 
 (G minor) He  walked into  (G major) the building,
aimed his gun straight down the hall
Gm 
The enemy  (G minor) ducked out of the doorways
G 
and barely had  (G major) time to shoot them all
C 
Seemed so  (C major) real, he almost came
D 
G 
 (D major) But it was just a video game  (G major) 
Gm 
G 
They were ly (G minor) ing on  (G major) the floor
He stepped up to the closest one
Gm 
He laughed  (G minor) out loud to watch them die
G 
As he  (G major) reloaded his gun
C 
If it was  (C major) real, he'd be insane
D 
G 
 (D major) But it was just a video game  (G major) 
In the next booth in the arcade
The enemy came over the hill
Gm 
G 
They were  (G minor) threatening from  (G major) all sides
He had just the instant for the kill
C 
He made their  (C major) bodies burst in flames
D 
G 
But  (D major) it was just a video game  (G major) 
C 
He went  (C major) home to his house
G 
He locked himsel (G major) f  into his room
C 
Called  (C major) up his only friend
G 
Said, are you  (G major) ready for some doom?
C 
I  (C major) hate my parents
G 
You know I hate every (G major) body in this town
A 
I'm gonna  (A major) make myself a statement,
D 
I'm gonna  (D major) take somebody down
Gm 
G 
He flew  (G minor) the plane over  (G major) the city,
looking for industrial sites
Gm 
G 
 (G minor) Hit a hospital  (G major) by accident,
Gm 
G 
 (G minor) took out the radio towers, blinking light (G major) s
C 
He preten (C major) ded it was Belgrade,
D 
G 
C 
 (D major) but it was just a video game  (G major)  (C major) 
D 
G 
 (D major)  (G major) 
He's hunted invisible alien warriors
by ultraviolet light
Gm 
Assassinated na (G minor) ked cheerleaders
G 
from a laser -guided  (G major) satellite
Gm 
C 
The  (G minor) only  (C major) thing he thinks is a shame
D 
G 
Is  (D major) that it's just a video game  (G major) 
C 
Now he's a  (C major) poster boy for gun control
G 
and a  (G major) family values crowd
C 
Wanna  (C major) get him on his knees
Gm 
so youth  (G minor) won't act so proud
G 
C 
You  (G major) talk  (C major) about your freedom
G 
as if  (G major) weapons were your wealth
A 
But when  (A major) are you gonna rise
D 
above the viol (D major) ence in yourself?
Gm 
G 
He walked  (G minor) into  (G major) the building,
took a gun out of his coat
Gm 
By the time the  (G minor) po  lice got there,
G 
he'd  (G major) put a bullet through his own throat
C 
He  (C major) thought it would have fame
D 
G 
But  (D major) it was just a video game  (G major) 
Gm 
G 
C 
 (G minor) Now  (G major) don't  (C major) tell me his name
D 
G 
well,  (D major) it was just a video game  (G major) 
Gm 
C 
If  (G minor) it was  (C major) really be insane,
D 
well,  (D major) it was just a video