----------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUST A GAME - Triumph ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: R. Emmett Album: "Just A Game" (1979, Attic Records) Guitarist: Rik Emmett Transcribed by: Anne Drury Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com Date: June 9, 2008 INTRO: (arpeggio fades in) Dm Dm/C G Bb C E -------0---1-----|-------0---1-----|-------------3---|-----3-----0-----| B -----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-----3---3-|---3---3-1-----3-| G ---2-----------2-|---2-----------2-|---0-----0-------|-3---------------| D -0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|6x A -----------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-----------------| E -----------------|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dm Dm/C G E -------0---1-----|-------0---1-----|-3-----3---------|-----------------| B -----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-3-----3---------|-----------------| G ---2-----------2-|---2-----------2-|-0-----0---------|-----------------| D -0---------------|-----------------|-0-----0---------|-----------------| A -----------------|-3---------------|-2-----2---------|-----------------| E -----------------|-----------------|-3-----3---------|-----------------| 1ST VERSE: Dm Am Wizards of a modern age cast spells of electric power G Bb But the corporate strings that make them dance lead up to an ivory tower Dm Am There sit the Fates in solitude, far from the public eye G Bb A A aug5 No one ever sees them smile, and nothing makes them cry (Then: Play INTRO ARPEGGIO - 1st staff 3x, 2nd staff 1x) 2ND VERSE: Dm Am Welcome to the kingdom, the land of bought and sold G Bb A world of real-life fantasy where truths are seldom told Dm Am Try hard to remember all that glitters is not gold G Bb A You can pay the piper, but you cannot buy his soul CHORUS: Bb Gm Dm It's just a game, you're in it all the way G Bb A It's just a game, don't let yourself slip away Bb Gm Dm It's such a shame, I heard somebody say G Bb Gm A It's just a game, and all I can do......is Dm Dm/C G Bb C E -------0---1-----|-------0---1-----|-------------3---|-----3-----0-----| B -----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-----3---3-|---3---3-1-----3-| G ---2-----------2-|---2-----------2-|---0-----0-------|-3---------------| D -0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|3x A -----------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-----------------| E -----------------|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------| 1. play, All I can do is 2. play, All I can do is 3. play Dm Dm/C G E -------0---1-----|-------0---1-----|-------------3---| B -----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-----3---3-| G ---2-----------2-|---2-----------2-|---0-----0-------| D -0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| A -----------------|-3---------------|-2---------------| E -----------------|-----------------|-------3---------| Gt1 Bb C E|-----3-----0-----|-------1-------1-|-------1-----1---| B|---3---3-1-----3-|-----3-------3---|-----3-----3-----| G|-3---------------|---2-------2-----|---2-------------| D|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| | | Gt2 | E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|---------2-------|-3-------5-------|-5^w-------------| A|-1-------3---=---|/5---------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| (What do...) BRIDGE: Dm What do you choose, now, what do you believe, now E Who are you gonna trust? Eb Dm All your dreams and fancy schemes just crumble into dust Dm Calm and cool and computerized E They calculate and collect Eb A A aug5 We wait and watch and wonder just which puppet they'll select BREAK: (For the Break, repeat the part tabbed between the end of the first Chorus and the Bridge. 18 bars total. A guitar solo is played over this part.) 3RD VERSE: Dm Am Like the moth, too near the flame, who learned his truth too late G Bb We're all too deep into the game that is the master of our fate D add9 m (no 5) Am add9 E -0---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------| B -6---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------| G -7---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------| D -0---------------|-----------------|-x---------------|-----------------| A -----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------| E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| The poets and the pipers have got their motives, You've got yours, no doubt G Bb And so the game continues A A aug5 That's what it's all about Play CHORUS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: -Bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time. -Dots (...) located under any staff are for timing, and indicate where the downbeats (1234) fall. -I don't know the names of some of these chords. In cases like that, I just print in what a chord finder says it is. That's why I put the fingering for a couple of the chords right into the chord chart/tab. -Fingering for the A aug5 chord: E A D G B E x 0 3 2 2 1 ^...bend (w=whole tone) /...slide up =...hold note (This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.)