The Old Playground Chords by Bruce Hornsby
Tempo:
94.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[G]
[E] [G]
[Am]
Walking [G] on the sidewalk, ground [D] ball under my [Am] arm.
Everybody [G] knows how you play, [C] it's who you are.
[E] Walking [G] down the road, looking for [D] a game or two.
[A] New [G] moves come [E] through, no matter what [C] they're gonna do.
[D] It's down to you.
[G] [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, [G] where the old ones ruled.
[D] And they always knew that [G] time.
[D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, [G] where the talk is cheap.
[D] And the rest of that stuff, that [G] baseline.
[D] [A] The old [G] sage [Em] frowns, he says, pass [D] it on around.
[E] With all the [G] world juniors playing up from [C] downtown.
[E]
Some, [G] it's a way out.
Some, it's [D] a way in.
[Am]
Most of [G] us don't even [E] care.
We're just looking for [G] another gym [D] to get in.
[G] [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, [G] where the old ones ruled.
[C] And the young ones knew that time.
[G] [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, [G] where some play fun dreams.
[D] And the rest just play for the [Em] pride.
[D] [G]
[Em] [D] [C]
[Em] [D] [Am]
[Em] [D] [C]
[Em] The old [D] man said, stop running with [G] those boys.
But [D] they know what to do, and [G] the folks don't mind the noise.
Say, [D] hey, now, everybody's gonna [G] get along.
Just call your [D] own fouls when [C] you break the rules.
[A] If you make it, [D] you take it to make your [G] move.
[D] Take me to the old [E] playground, [G] where the old ones ruled.
And the young ones [F] knew that [G] time.
[D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, [G] where the talk is cheap.
[C] And the rest of that stuff, that [G] baseline.
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[Bb] [Gm]
[G]
[E] [G]
[Gm]
[E] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[F] [G]
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[G]
[E] [G]
[Am]
Walking [G] on the sidewalk, ground [D] ball under my [Am] arm.
Everybody [G] knows how you play, [C] it's who you are.
[E] Walking [G] down the road, looking for [D] a game or two.
[A] New [G] moves come [E] through, no matter what [C] they're gonna do.
[D] It's down to you.
[G] [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, [G] where the old ones ruled.
[D] And they always knew that [G] time.
[D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, [G] where the talk is cheap.
[D] And the rest of that stuff, that [G] baseline.
[D] [A] The old [G] sage [Em] frowns, he says, pass [D] it on around.
[E] With all the [G] world juniors playing up from [C] downtown.
[E]
Some, [G] it's a way out.
Some, it's [D] a way in.
[Am]
Most of [G] us don't even [E] care.
We're just looking for [G] another gym [D] to get in.
[G] [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, [G] where the old ones ruled.
[C] And the young ones knew that time.
[G] [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, [G] where some play fun dreams.
[D] And the rest just play for the [Em] pride.
[D] [G]
[Em] [D] [C]
[Em] [D] [Am]
[Em] [D] [C]
[Em] The old [D] man said, stop running with [G] those boys.
But [D] they know what to do, and [G] the folks don't mind the noise.
Say, [D] hey, now, everybody's gonna [G] get along.
Just call your [D] own fouls when [C] you break the rules.
[A] If you make it, [D] you take it to make your [G] move.
[D] Take me to the old [E] playground, [G] where the old ones ruled.
And the young ones [F] knew that [G] time.
[D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, [G] where the talk is cheap.
[C] And the rest of that stuff, that [G] baseline.
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[Bb] [Gm]
[G]
[E] [G]
[Gm]
[E] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[F] [G]
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Key:
G
D
Em
E
C
G
D
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
Walking [G] on the sidewalk, ground [D] ball under my [Am] arm.
Everybody [G] knows how you play, [C] it's who you are.
_ [E] Walking [G] down the road, looking for [D] a game or two.
[A] New [G] moves come [E] through, no matter what [C] they're gonna do.
[D] It's down to you.
_ [G] _ [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, _ _ [G] where the old ones ruled.
[D] And they always knew that [G] time.
[D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, _ _ [G] where the talk is cheap.
[D] And the rest of that stuff, that [G] baseline. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] The old [G] sage [Em] frowns, he says, pass [D] it on around.
[E] With all the [G] world juniors playing up from [C] downtown.
_ _ [E]
Some, [G] it's a way out.
Some, it's [D] a way in.
[Am]
Most of [G] us don't even [E] care.
We're just looking for [G] another gym [D] to get in.
_ [G] _ [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, _ _ [G] where the old ones ruled.
[C] And the young ones knew that time.
[G] _ [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, _ _ [G] where some play fun dreams.
[D] And the rest just play for the [Em] pride.
[D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] The old [D] man said, stop running with [G] those boys.
_ But [D] they know what to do, and [G] the folks don't mind the noise.
Say, [D] hey, now, everybody's gonna [G] get along.
_ Just call your [D] own fouls when [C] you break the rules.
[A] If you make it, [D] you take it to make your [G] move. _
[D] Take me to the old [E] playground, _ _ [G] where the old ones ruled.
And the young ones [F] knew that [G] time.
[D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, _ _ [G] where the talk is cheap.
[C] And the rest of that stuff, that [G] baseline.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
Walking [G] on the sidewalk, ground [D] ball under my [Am] arm.
Everybody [G] knows how you play, [C] it's who you are.
_ [E] Walking [G] down the road, looking for [D] a game or two.
[A] New [G] moves come [E] through, no matter what [C] they're gonna do.
[D] It's down to you.
_ [G] _ [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, _ _ [G] where the old ones ruled.
[D] And they always knew that [G] time.
[D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, _ _ [G] where the talk is cheap.
[D] And the rest of that stuff, that [G] baseline. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] The old [G] sage [Em] frowns, he says, pass [D] it on around.
[E] With all the [G] world juniors playing up from [C] downtown.
_ _ [E]
Some, [G] it's a way out.
Some, it's [D] a way in.
[Am]
Most of [G] us don't even [E] care.
We're just looking for [G] another gym [D] to get in.
_ [G] _ [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, _ _ [G] where the old ones ruled.
[C] And the young ones knew that time.
[G] _ [D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, _ _ [G] where some play fun dreams.
[D] And the rest just play for the [Em] pride.
[D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] The old [D] man said, stop running with [G] those boys.
_ But [D] they know what to do, and [G] the folks don't mind the noise.
Say, [D] hey, now, everybody's gonna [G] get along.
_ Just call your [D] own fouls when [C] you break the rules.
[A] If you make it, [D] you take it to make your [G] move. _
[D] Take me to the old [E] playground, _ _ [G] where the old ones ruled.
And the young ones [F] knew that [G] time.
[D] Take me to the old [Em] playground, _ _ [G] where the talk is cheap.
[C] And the rest of that stuff, that [G] baseline.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
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