The

Games I Play
From the Musical Falsettos

  
William Finn William Finn

      
  
 = 70

        
        
                
I don't look for trou ble I do

       
    




       

     
5

      
   
     
     
        
not ac cept blame. I've a good and a bad side, but they're

    
   
    



   

 

        
9

             
          
     
one and the same Ask me to a Ser - ve
rouse you I wil

    
          
 
 
         
 
13

              

           
rise and o bey These are the games I

   
 
       
 

  
  
17

        
                
play

           
       
          

 
  
          
21

      
            
I wake
screw ev' ry morn ing then bathe and drink

           
   
        

2
    
  
      
24

     
              
tea. I've been play ing ca nast a dis as ta rous

           
 
    
    

  
       
    
28

     
                  
  
ly. All my rec re at ion seems to suit me o

      
   
       
  


      
 
32

        
              
kay These are the games I play

       

        
    
   

3
    
        
  
36

 
                   
It's tough with love love's tough to show

        
   
           


      

     
           
40

  
               
      
. Let me face the mu sic. It's a song that I was

        
 
        
        

 
          
44

  
 
                     
wait ing to hear so long so long a go

       
    
    
   

4
   
    
   
48

         

                  

I bet on the horse

       
     
   

 
   
         
52


                   
                
s. I die by de gree I am sure his di

  
          

     
         
56

     
                   
3

  
vorce is a tri bute to me Ask me if I

           
 
     
    

5
 
             
60
3

     
             
love him it de pends on the day. These are the games

             
 
  
       
  

     
    

64


                   
I play It's tough my friend

       
          

      


            
 
68

   
                  
Love's look ing strong Play ag ain the mu

         
           
         

6
   
             
72

 
                     
sic. It;s a song that I've been wait ing to hear for much too long

         

      
     
 
   

     
   
76


                    
Years, years too long

         
     
    
           
          

       
       
80

      
                 
It hurts not to love him. It hurts when love

         
     
    
 

7
      
            
83
3 3

   
                
3

   
fades. It;s hard when part of him is off play ing fa 'mly cha

        
 
     
    

            
    
87

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95

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