the game

E C#m Millie came up playing in the boys’ clubs, but they made her play at midnight or at eight B A E Her friends all said the times were finally changin’, and it only felt a few centuries too late E C#m Her eyes were always deep inside a notebook, her hands were always tuning her guitar B A E And while some stay busy waiting for permission, she was on her way to be a star Chorus 1 A And if you’d asked her if anyone had held her back E C#m She’d tell you she’d forgot most of their names B ‘Cause the losers only think about the winners A E The winners only think about the game Verse 2 E C#m And then Millie fell in love with a civilian, or at least we know he fell in love with her B A E He could see how bright her light was shining, he could feel how wild her fire burned E C#m But love has its own kind of symmetry, you have to give as much as you receive B A E And once he realized he could never give her nothing, he decided it was time for him to leave Chorus 2 A But now he likes to criticize her privately E C#m While she simply says that neither were to blame B ‘Cause the losers only think about the winners A E The winners only think about the game Verse 3 E C#m So Millie kept on adding to the setlist, working on her studio ten B A E And for the first time found it hard telling the difference, between all her friends and all her fans E C#m Which left her with a special brand of emptiness, she channelled right back into the songs B A E She wasn’t gonna ask herself the question, if this is what she wanted all along Chorus 3 A Some people said she was a genius E C#m Some people said she was insane B But those losers only talk about the winners A E And those winners only think about the game Verse 4 E C#m So Millie knew just when the dust was settled, when it’s time to put the pencil down B A E When the harmony is only just a shadow, of the way it felt the first hundred times around E C#m Which left it to the critics and the experts, to tell the world how Millie really felt B A E To somehow say she lost some competition, she was only ever having with herself Chorus 4 A Some might look for meaning in the ashes E C#m She just misses standing in the flames B ‘Cause those losers only think about the winners A E And the winners only think about the game B Oh-oh, the losers only think about the winners A E The winners only think about the game