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The Name of the Game

by Abba · posted by marion

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5*  -5*  6  -5*_  5*  -5*  6  -5*_
(I've seen you twice in a short time)
5*  -5*  6  -5*_  5*  -4  5*__  5*__
(Only a week since we started)
5*  -5*  6  -5*_  5*  -5*  6  -5*_
(It seems to me for every time)
5*  -5*  6  -5*_  5*  -4  5*__  5*__
(I'm getting more open hearted)
6  6  6  6  6  -6*  -6*  -6*_
I was an impossible case
-5*  -5*  -5*  -5*  -5*  -5*  5*  5*_
No one ever could reach me
6  6  6  6  6  6  -6*  -6*  -6*_
But I think I can see in your face
-5*  -5*  -5*  -5*  -5*  -5*_  6  6__
There's a lot you can teach me

5*  -5*  6  6  6__  6  6  6  6  6  6__
(So I wanna know what's the name of the game?)
6  6  -5*  -5*  6  -6*_  -4  -4__
(Does it mean anything to you?)
6  6  6  6  6  6  5* -4__
(What's the name of the game?)
6  6  -5*  -5*  6  -6*_  -4_  -4__
(Can you feel it the way I do?)
3*  3*_  2__  2  2  6  -5*_  5*  -4_
Tell me please 'cause I have to know
3*  3*  3*  3*_  -2*  2_  5*  -5*  -6*  -5*  -4__
I'm a bashful child beginning to grow

6  6  6  7*  7*__  6  6  6  -7  -7__
And you make me talk and you make me feel
6  6  6  -8  -8__  -7  -8  9*  -9_  9*_  -8  -7
And you make me show what I'm trying to conceal
6  6  6  7*  7*__  6  6  6  -7_  -7  7*  6_
If I trust in you, would you let me down?
6   6   6  10 10 10_  9*  -9* 10  -10*_ 10_ -9* 9*__
Would you laugh at me if I said I care for you?
9*  -9*  10_  -10*  10_  -9*  9*
Could you feel the same way too
(Immediately Repeat Last Two Verses with Chorus Between 1st 4 Lines)

-5*  6  6  6_  7*  -6*  6  -6*  6  6__
I wanna know, oh yes I wanna know
6  6  6  6  6__
The name of the game
(I was an impossible case)
6  6  -5*  -5*  6  -6*_  -4  -4__
Does it mean anything to you?
(But I think I can see in your face that it means a lot)
6  6  6  6  6  6  5* -4__
What's the name of the game?
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
6  6  -5*  -5*  6  -6*_  -4_  -4__
Can you feel it the way I do?
(Got a feeling you give me no choice)



6  6  6  6  6  6_
(But it means a lot,) what's the name of the game?
(I was an impossible case)
6  6  -5*  -5*  6  -6*_  -4  -4__
Does it mean anything to you?
(But I think I can see in your face that it means a lot)
6  6  6  6  6  6  5* -4__
What's the name of the game?
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
6  6  -5*  -5*  6  -6*_  -4_  -4__
Can you feel it the way I do?
6  6  6  6  6  6__
(But it means a lot,) what's the name of the game?

So I wanna know what's the name of the game?
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
Does it mean anything to you?
(Got a feeling you give me no choice)
But it means a lot, what's the name of the game?
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
Can you feel it the way I do?
Tell me please 'cause I have to know
I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow

And you make me talk and you make me feel
And you make me show what I'm trying to conceal
If I trust in you would you let me down?
Would you laugh at me if I said I care for you?
Could you feel the same way too?

This plays with a version of chorus karaoke, same Artist, run time 4:15.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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