Key: F major
Intro 1
D
Eb
Verse 1
Eb
Cm
The first time we
Eb
D
met outside of work
G
D
Eb
This can't be a date
These kinds of thing
G
D
Eb
s have no name
Dsus4
D
When it was clear we were gaining weight
Bb
Eb
D
We moved on to another game
Dsus4
Watch
Verse 2
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
G
A
Bm
There's no difference if I win or lose
D
G
While I
Dsus4
D
When every game ends
with a stalest mate
Verse 3
D
G
Because we built our love
A
Bm
Em
A
On a black and white chessboard
D
G
And for six whole months stirred
A
Bm
Em
A
Cocoa with tongue swords
Verse 4
D
G
And if you build your love
A
Bm
Em
A
On a black and white chessboard
D
G
Then there's a very good chance
A
Bm
Em
A
That you'll always be at war
G
A
On a black and white
Bm
Em
A
chessboard
G
A
Bm
Em
A
That we'll always be at war
Verse 5
D
A
Em
So from all these games on all these dates
A
D
A
A Castleton extrapolates
G
D
A
speed of chess
Em
A
D
G
A
D
And secrecy in everything that we do
Verse 6
A
Em
And it leads to a war or falls to peace
A
D
A
I don't think we should cut retreat
D
Em
This Sunday game of sparring hearts
D
A
Em
A
D
Em
Is waking up my sleeping parts
Verse 7
G
A
On a black and white
Bm
Em
G
chessboard
A
D
Then there's a very good chance
G
A
Bm
Em
A
That you'll always be at war
G
A
Bm
On a black and white
Em
G
chessboard
A
D
Then there's a very good chance
G
A
Bm
Em
A
That you'll always be at war
Verse 8
D
G
Yes we built our love
D
Bm
Em
G
On a black and white chessboard
A
D
G
As we stirred hot cocoa
A
Bm
Em
A
With six month long tongue swords
D
G
If you build your love
A
Bm
Em
On a black and white chessboard
A
D
G
Then there's a very good chance
A
Bm
That you'll always be at war
Em
A
D
A
Verse 9
G
D
G
A
Then one day
Em
A
Em
A
I came to see him painting the walls
A
Em
A
Asus4
to say
A
Em
We grappled our way
G
Bm
C#
Covered in warpaint
Verse 10
C#
Bm
Em
A
Our lips crushed like armies
G
Em
Our clothes fell like thrones
Bm
Em
The game was thrown when we
Bm
C#
throes of our war dance
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