U2 - The Playboy Mansion: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Playboy Mansion" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

     E Asus2  E      Asus2
If Coke is a mystery
         E    Asus2 E      Asus2
Michael Jackson,   history
    A   Asus4   A  Asus4
If beauty, is truth
     E    Asus2           E       Asus2
And surgery, the fountain of youth

Chorus:
C#m           B
What am I to do?
               C#m                A
Have I got the gifts to get me through
                   E     Asus2 E
The gates of that mansion

If O.J. is more than a drink
And a Big Mac bigger than you think
And perfume is an obsession
And talk shows confession

Chorus:
What have we got to lose?
Another push and we'll be through
The gates of that mansion

         E              Asus2
I never bought a lotto ticket
         E                  Asus2
I never parked in anyone's space
     E                    Asus2
The banks they're like cathedrals
           E                Asus2
I guess casinos took their place
      A       Asus4
Love come on down
A     Asus4                  E   Asus2 E Asus2
Don't wake her she'll come around
  E                    Asus2
Chance is a kind of religion
              E                    Asus2
Where you're damned for plain hard luck
   E                  Asus2
I never did see that movie
   E                  Asus2
I never did read that book
      A       Asus4
Love come on down
 A      Asus4         E   Asus2 E Asus2
Let my numbers come around

C#m                  B
Don't know if I can hold on
C#m               Asus2
Don't know if I'm that strong
C#m                  B
Don't know if I can wait that long
          C#m                           Asus2
Till the colours come flashing and the lights go on
                 E    Asus2    E
Then will there be no time of sorrow?
Asus2            E    Asus2      E
Then will there be no time for shame?
    Asus2     A        Asus4
And though I can't say why
A Asus2      E       Asus2 E Asus2
I know I've got to believe

Chorus:
We'll go driving in that pool
It's who you know that gets you through
The gates of the playboy mansion

E   Asus2    E
The playboy mansion
   Asus2    E
No time of sorrow?
Asus2            E    Asus2      E
Then will there be no time for shame?
Asus2            E     Asus2    E
Then will there be no time for sorrow?
Asus2            E     Asus2     E    Asus2 E
Then will there be no time for shame?


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Asus4

Guitar chord Asus4

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

E

Guitar chord E

B

Guitar chord B

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 "The Playboy Mansion" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Playboy Mansion" by U2.

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