Key: A minor
Intro 1
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F#
G#m
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F#
G#m
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G#m
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G#m
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Verse 1
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I don't wanna be your
personal Jesus
G#m
I don't wanna live
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inside of that flame
In a way I wanna be my own believer
G#m
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I don't wanna play your video game
I don't wanna be the center
of the universe
G#m
I don't wanna be a
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part of that shame
G#m
In a way I wanna be my own redeemer
I don't wanna play your video
Interlude 1
game
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F#
G#m
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F#
G#m
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Verse 2
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G#m
I don't care if everybody else is into it
I don't care if it's a popular refrain
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G#m
I don't wanna be a puppet in a theater
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I don't wanna play your video game
You don't wanna be the one
G#m
who has to pay for it
You don't wanna be the
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one who has to change
F#
G#m
All you want is what the resumé tells you
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I don't wanna play your video game
Verse 3
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I don't wanna play,
F#
G#m
I don't wanna play
(I don't wanna play)
I don't wanna play,
I don't wanna play
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(I just wanna go away)
I don't wanna play, I don't wanna play
F#
G#m
(I don't wanna play)
I don't wanna play your video game
Verse 4
G#m
C#m
G#m
I don't wanna love you if won't receive it
I don't wanna save the
C#m
G#m
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world that way
C#m
G#m
I don't wanna be your personal Jesus
I don't wanna play your
C#m
G#m
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video game
G#m
I don't wanna put the devil on a pedestal
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I don't wanna put the saints in chains
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I just wanna make my life a little easier
G#m
I don't wanna play your video game
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I don't wanna play,
Verse 5
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F#
I don't wanna play
G#m
(I don't wanna play)
I don't wanna play your video game
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(I just wanna go away)
I don't wanna play, I don't wanna play
F#
G#m
(I don't wanna play)
I don't wanna play your
video game
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(I just wanna go away)
I don't wanna play,
F#
G#m
I don't wanna play
(I don't wanna play)
I don't wanna play your video game
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(I just wanna go away)
I don't wanna play,
F#
I don't wanna play
G#m
(I don't wanna play)
I don't wanna play your video game
Verse 6
G#m
F#
I don't wanna be your Julius Caesar
G#m
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G#m
I don't want it to go down that way
But in a way you gotta follow the procedure
F#
G#m
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So go ahead and play your video game
Verse 7
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I don't wanna play,
F#
I don't wanna play
G#m
(I don't wanna play)
I don't wanna play your video game
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(I just wanna go away)
I don't wanna play,
F#
I don't wanna play
G#m
(I don't wanna play)
I don't wanna play your video game
(I just wanna go away)
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I don't wanna play,
F#
G#m
I don't wanna play
(I don't wanna play)
I don't wanna play your video game
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(I just wanna go away)
I don't wanna play, I don't wanna play
F#
G#m
(I don't wanna play)
Outro 1
I don't wanna play your video game
G#m
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F#
G#m
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F#
G#m
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