Belle and Sebastian - Play For Today: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Play For Today" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn Play For Today Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Belle and Sebastian
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Play For Today" smoothly on your guitar.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
C Am I'm in a play written today about a boy F Who hides in attics when the sun is up C Everyone is at work What will I do? Where will I go? Am Show me the way F The truth, the anger, show me rules of thumb C Show the way to grow old G Love is a guide Am The endless river of the soul F But we are mean C The dried up riverbeds of rock and stone G Lust is my friend Am She comes to me when I am tired Chorus: C C+ Life is a road, death is a myth C6 C7 Love is a fraud, it's misunderstood F C Work is a sentence, family's a drag G This house is a trap I'm in a play written today about a girl She gets on perfectly with young and old Everybody loves her What would she wear? The cut of her hair? The way that she slides Gracefully into the working week She hides her baggage inside She's got a friend An ugly monster that will eat your face She hides her crime A hefty catalogue of wasted time She's got a friend A lonely monster that will prey on you Chorus - x2 I'm in a play written today about a boy Tired and melancholy, takes the weight Takes the weight of the world I walked alone, loving a song Walking the earth The worn-out sister who is twenty-three Dried and wrinkled, alone I'll give you a month To see past shadows in your sacred mind I'll give you a week To look Medusa in the eye I'll give you a month To notice heaven in the sight of stage F/C C You're king inside your head You're sitting on the throne of sand You're pushing back the tide So lift the mountain up So tie the writer's ribbons down Assemble all your troops We go to war with metaphors And suddenly see sense (And suddenly see sense) And when you do, I'll have the higher ground (I'll have the higher ground) You're not the king of me I'll take my chance and play for tyranny I build the sets, I light the scene We're prettier when we are on the screen I build the sets, I light the scene We're braver when we're on the sacred screen The backstage of your life Is filled with props and lines you should have sung The backstage of your life Is filled with echoes of the ones you love You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsAm  C+  C  C6  C7  F  G  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Play For Today" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Play For Today" by Belle and Sebastian.