Head Games

Riff:

E-----------------| 
B-----------------| 
G-----------------| 
D-----------------| 
A-8h10-7--8h10-7--| 
E-----------------| 

Chords: EADGBE
Eb      x68888
Db      x46666
E       079999
F#      244322 --or-- x 9 11 11 11 
11
G       x 10 12 12 12 12
Ab      466544
C#      x46666
Ab5     466xxx
F#5     244xxx
B5      799xxx
Bb5     688xxx
C#5     x466xx


Intro: (Play 2x)
  Eb Db   E  F#   Eb Db   E G
E---------19-17vv------------
B-19-17vv---------19-17vv----
G----------------------------
D----------------------------
A----------------------------
E----------------------------

E|--------------------| 
B|19\17-15h17p15vv----| 
G|--------------------| 
D|--------------------| 
A|--------------------| 
E|--------------------| 


E--------  
B-16vvv--  
G--------| 
D--------| 

  Ab        F# Ab
  Daylight, allright
          E             C#
  I don't know, I don't know if it's
 real
         Ab   E          F#      
  Been a long night, and 
        Ab
something ain't right
            E               C#
  You won't show, you won't show how
 you feel

  Ab E    F#         Ab
  No time ever seems right
     E                          F#
  To talk about the reasons why you 
and I fight
       Ab   E       F#       Ab
  It's high time to draw the line
         E                  F#
  Put an end to this game before 
it's too late

  F#5  Ab5  Ab5
       Bb5        Bb5
  It's you and me baby
       B5    B5
Continues after the ad
Remove ads
              C#5        C#5
  And I can't take it anymore
  F#5  Ab5   Ab5
    Bb5         Bb5
  I don't wanna play the
       B5   B5 (Riff)

  I daydream, for hours it seems
  I keep thinking of you, yeah, 
thinking of you
  These daydreams, what do they 
mean?
  They keep haunting me, are they 
warning me?

  Daylight turns into night
  We try to find the answer but it's
 nowhere in sight
  It's always the same, you know 
who's to blame
  You know what I'm sayin', still we
 keep playin'

  That's all I get from you
  Till I can't take it anymore
  I don't wanna play the
           (Riff-2x)

  Repeat Intro.

  Ab E     F#      Ab
  So near, so far away
     E                          
  We pass eachother by 'cause we 
       F#
don't know what to say
       Ab E          F#       Ab
  It's so clear, I'm sorry to say
      E                          
  But if you wanna win you gotta 
F#
learn how to play

  F#5  Ab5  Ab5
         Bb5        Bb5
  Always you and me baby
       B5    B5
               C#5        C#5
  Till I can't take it anymore
  F#5  Ab5  Ab5
    Bb5            Bb5
  Instead of makin love
       B5   B5
  C#5 C#5
  Ohh
  F#5  Ab5  Ab5
         Bb5        Bb5
  Always you and me baby
       B5   B5
               C#5        C#5
  Till I can't take it anymore, no 
more
  F#5  Ab5  Ab5
    Bb5            Bb5
  Instead of makin love, we play
       B5   B5 C#5 C#5
  F#5  Ab5  Ab5
  Bb5            Bb5
  In the first degree
       B5   B5
        C#5            C#5
  Yeah, always you and me
  F#5  Ab5  Ab5
  Head games
             Bb5       Bb5
  Why do you do it baby?
       B5   B5 C#5 C#5

(The record has faded out by now, so
 I'm gonna suggest an ending..Play 
the Riff twice
then immediately end on Ab5, you can
 slam it if you want.=D)

Also note that through the verses 
it's mostly keyboard playing the 
chords, the guitar is
the same exact chords very softly in
 the background.

There's a few things you'll need to 
listen for on the record when you 
try and play this.
The timing of the chords 2. The 
strumming pattern for the rhythm 3. 
When to use the
(2nd) fingering of the F# chord I 
wrote.

Good luck with this song, it's a 
real underrated classic.  Its not 
that hard either once
put it all together.

Rock On!
Chris Goble