Moderate Tempo
[Intro]
G Em D
G Em D
Em C
Em C
[Verse]
Em
Matthew (with the pug nose)
C
caught me with his sister in the wheat field.
Em
Got a couple of buddies
C
Tied me up and threw me in the Oldsmobile.
D
I said : "Matthew are you crazy?"
C
As he started closing for the kill
Em
Matthew slowed the Olds to 10.
C Em
and left me here to die in Merrittville
[Chorus]
G Em D
There's a game they play in the summertime
G Em D
There's a game they play when it's hot outside
C Em D C
And I wonder why they left me here in
Em
Merrittville
[Verse]
Em
Sally (with the narrow hips)
C
cut the ropes and said she would clear my head
Em
She made a dirt path in the back
C
Led me all the way to her daddy's shed
D C
I said: "Sally, Who'd believe that we'd have to come so far for a thrill.
Em
Sally let me got that night,
C Em
weak, tired, and spent in Merrittville
Repeat [Chorus]
Em C
Em C
[Solo 40]
[Verse]
Em
William (with the holy book)
C
Stopped me as I stumbled down the road today.
Em
He said, "Get your knees, boy,
C
you're gonna learn to pray".
D C
I said, "William, I had no idea that the Lord had such a will".
Em
William put his point across
C Em
and left me here to burn in Merritville.
[Outro]
G Em D
There's a game they play in the summertime
G Em D
There's a game they play when it's hot outside
C
And I wonder why
G Em D
There's a game they play in the summertime
G Em D
There's a game they play when it's hot outside
C
And I wonder why
G Em D
G Em D
C build to crescendo
Repeat to fade