Playground

(Partridge)

Japanese #\#i#/#Playground#\#/i#/# promotional single

Japanese Playground promotional single

Recordings
Art
Lyrics
Chords and Tablature
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Recordings

  1. Album version.
    Released on Wasp Star.
    Chuck Sabo (drums)
    Holly Partridge (backing vocals)

    Andy: “Is it instinctive that young kids at school behave just as good, bad and ugly as they do in the big square grown up world. Summed up in the last line ‘you may leave school, but it never leaves you’.”
  2. Demo version, 4'25.
    Released on Homegrown.

  3. Instrumental version.
    Released on 17 October 2002 on Waspstrumental in Japan.


Art

“Songlines: Basado libremente en ‘Playground’ (#\#i#/#Patio de Recreo#\#/i#/#)”

“Songlines: Basado libremente en ‘Playground’ (Patio de Recreo)”

   

Lyrics

Album version:

I climb up, spending daylight
Slide down bankrupt on the other side
Some sweet girl playing my wife
Runs off with a boy
whose bike she'll ride

Playground, it's a playground
Marked by the masters
And bruised by the bullies in the
Playground, every day ground
Never stop rehearsing
Rehearsing for the big square world

Bells will ring, door flies open
Hare and Greyhound
in the old kiss chase
You've been caught, game is ended
Smack on kisser from her slap on face

Playground, it's a playground
Marked by the masters
And bruised by the bullies in the
Playground, every day ground
Never stop rehearsing
Rehearsing for the big square world
Watch the leaves all tear away
    One by one
Leaving you but lined like an exercise book
What did your report once say?
    Know the one?
This boy must try harder to please
from down on his knees

    Playground, playground
    Careful what you say ground
    Playground, playground
    Gonna make you pay ground

Brain gets bent, heart gets broken
You can't jump off once the pages turn
School is out but never over
That's the only lesson you can learn

Playground, it's a playground
Marked by the masters
And bruised by the bullies in the
Playground, every day ground
Never stop rehearsing
Rehearsing for the big square...
Playground, it's a playground
You're for the high jump
If you let 'em push you in the
Playground, every day ground
There's no escaping,
Escaping from their big square world

You may leave school but it never leaves you

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Demo version:

I climb up, spending daylight
slide down drunken on the other side
Some sweet girl, playing my wife,
runs off with a boy whose bike she'll ride

Playground (it's a playground)
Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the
Playground (it's a playground)
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world

Bells will ring, door flings open
Hare and greyhound
* in the old kiss chase
You've been caught, game has ended
Smack on kisser from her slap on face

Playground (it's a playground)
We're marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the
Playground (it's a playground)
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world

Watch the leaves all tear away (one by one)
Leaving your book lined like an exercise book
What did your report once say (know the one)
"This boy must try harder to please
From down on his knees"

Playground, playground, playground, playground, playground,
playground, playground, playground

Brain gets bent, heart gets broken
You can't jump off once the page is turned
School is out but never over
That's the only lesson you can learn

Playground (it's a playground)
We're marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the
Playground (it's a playground)
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square

Playground (it's a playground)
Go for the high jump if you let 'em push you in the
Playground (it's a playground)
There's no escaping, escaping from their big square world

You may leave school, but it never leaves you

[* - a schoolyard game in the U.K.]

[transcribed by Brookes McKenzie]


Chords and Tablature

Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:46:20 +0200
From: "christer liljegren" <kokerskan.3 (at) telia dot com>
Subject: Playground chords and tab
Message-Id: <200004262059.WAA28264 (at) d1o1 dot telia dot com>


PLAYGROUND (Andy Partridge)


A5 = A with no 3rd
ho = hammer on

Intro (main riff x 6)

Verse

   I    climb    up,       spending   daylight -
   Some sweet  girl,       playing    my wife, -
E-----5----------5-------------5----------5--------
B-----5-------------5----------5-------------5-----
G----------h-o---------7------------h-o---------7--
D----------0-7----------------------0-7------------
A--7------------------------7----------------------
E--5------------------------5----------------------
   A5           Asus4       A5           Asus4


  slide down bankrupt on the other   side.
  runs off   with a boy whose bike she'll ride.
E-----2-------7-------------------5--------5-------------5---------5-------
B-----2---------7-----------------5-----------5----------5------------5----
G-----------------8-------------------h-o--------7-------------h-o-------7-
D-------------------------------------0-7----------------------0-7---------
A--4--------------------------7-----------------------7--------------------
E--2-------7------------------5-----------------------5--------------------
   F#5     B                  A5          Asus4       A5           Asus4

Chorus

  Play - ground (it's a play - ground)
E--1---------------------1----------------                  --1--   --1---
B-----1---1-----------------1---1---1-----                  --1--   --1---
G---------3---------------------3---------                  --0--   --3---
D---------3---------------------3---------                  --3--   --3---
A-----------------------------------------                  --3--   --1---
E-----------------------------------------                  --1--   ------
   F     Bbadd9          F     Bbadd9                      (Fadd9) (Bbadd9)


  Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the
E--1-------------------------3----------------------------   --3--   --3--
B-------1--------1-----------------3--------5-------------   --3--   --5--
G----------------3--------------------------5-------------   --4--   --5--
D----------------3--------------------------5-------------   --5--   --5--
A---------------------------------------------------------   --5--   --3--
E---------------------------------------------------------   --3--   -----
   F            Bbadd9       G              C                 (G)     (C)

   F     Bbadd9         F  Bbadd9
  Play - ground  (everyday ground)
   F        Bbadd9          F           Bbadd9
  Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square
  A5 etc. / / /
  world

   A5         Asus4 A5         Asus4
   Bells will ring, door flings open
   F#5      B                A5      Asus4
   Hare and greyhound in the old kiss chase
   A5         Asus4    A5       Asus4
   You've been caught, game has ended
   F#sus4    B              A5      Asus4
   Smack on kisser from her slap on face

   F   Bbadd9         F   Bbadd9
   Playground (it's a playground)
   F             Bbadd9       G              C
   Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the
   F   Bbadd9        F   Bbadd9
   Playground (every day-ground)
   F            Bbadd9       F              Bbadd9
   Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square
   A5 etc.
   world

Bridge

    Watch the leaves all tear away  (one by -
E--6---------------------4---------------------
B--7---------------------4---------------------
G--8---------------------5---------------------
D--8---------------------6---------------------
A--6---------------------6---------------------
E------------------------4---------------------
  D#m                    G#

  one) Leaving your book lined like an exercise -
E--4----------------------2------------------------
B--5----------------------2------------------------
G--4----------------------3------------------------
D--6----------------------4------------------------
A--4----------------------4------------------------
E-------------------------2------------------------
  C#m7                    F#

  book  What did your report once say (know the -
E--6---------------------4-------------------------
B--7---------------------4-------------------------
G--8---------------------5-------------------------
D--8---------------------6-------------------------
A--6---------------------6-------------------------
E------------------------4-------------------------
  D#m                    G#

  one) This boy must try harder to please
E--4-----------------2----------2--------2-------2--
B--5-----------------2----------2--------2-------2--
G--6-----------------4----------3--------2-------3--
D--6-----------------2----------2--------2-------2--
A--4-----------------4----------4--------4-------4--
E--------------------2----------2--------2-------2--
  C#m               F#7sus4     F#7      F#m7    F#7

  From down on his knees
E-------0-----------0-------0-------0--
B-------3-----------3-------3-------3--
G-------2-----------1-------0-------1--
D-------0-----------0-------0-------0--
A-------2-----------2-------2-------2--
E-------0-----------0-------0-------0--
       E7sus4       E7     Em7      E7

A5 etc.
Playground, playground, careful what you say ground
Pqlayground, playground, gonna make you pay ground

Brain gets bent, heart gets broken
You can't jump off once the page is turned
School is out but never over
And that's the only lesson you can learn

Playground (it's a playground)
Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the
Playground (everyday ground)
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square

Playground (it's a playground)
Go for the high jump if you let 'em push you in the
Playground (everyday ground)
There's no escaping, escaping from their big square -
  world
E-----0----------0-------------0----------0--------
B-----0-------------0----------0-------------0-----
G----------h-o---------2------------h-o---------2--
D----------0-2----------------------0-2------------  |x 2
A--2------------------------2----------------------
E--0------------------------0----------------------
   E5            Esus4      E5            Esus4

You may leave   school,but it never leaves  you . . .
E------0----------0---------------0----------0--------
B------0-------------0------------0-------------0-----
G-----------h-o---------2--------------h-o---------2--
D-----------0-2------------------------0-2------------ etc.
A---2--------------------------2----------------------
E---0--------------------------0----------------------
    E5           Esus4         E5            Esus4


Enjoy!!
Christer

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