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The Name of the Game – ABBA
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Written by: B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus/S. Anderson
From: "The Album" (1976)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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capo: 2nd fret
play: Em / G
key: F#m / A
tempo: ca. 76 bpm
For original chords transpose this tab +2 to F#m.
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
A5 x-0-2-2-x-0
A/C# x-4-2-2-2-0
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
C x-3-2-0-1-3
D/C x-3-x-2-3-2
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[TAB - Riff] (intro / verse / interlude)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----3-2---------|
G|----0-2--2------|----0-2--2------|----0-2--2------|----------------|
D|2-4---------0-2-|--4---------0-2-|--4---------0-2-|----------------|
A|----------2-----|----------2-----|----------2-----|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[TAB - Chords] (intro / verse / interlude)
Asus4 Asus4 Asus4
Em A5 Em A5 Em A5 Em Em7 A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---0--0----0-0-|----0--0----0-0-|----0--0----0-0-|----0-0-----0---|
B|0---0--0-x--3-0-|----0--0-x--3-0-|----0--0-x--3-0-|----3-2-----2---|
G|0---0----x--2-0-|----0----x--2-0-|----0----x--2-0-|----0-2-----2---|
D|2--------x--2---|2--------x--2---|2--------x--2-2-|----2-2---2-----|
A|2---------0-0---|2---------0-0---|2---------0-0-2-|------0---0-----|
E|0---------------|0---------------|0-------------0-|----------------|
You might want to check out my GP version of this tab, so you can
actually hear what is played:
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/a/abba/the_name_of_the_game_intro_guitar_pro.htm
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[Intro]
| Em A5 Asus4 | Em A5 Asus4 |
(riff)
| Em A5 Asus4 | Em Em7 A |
(riff)
[Verse]
Em A5 [ Asus4 Em ]
I've seen you twice
Em A5 [ Asus4 Em ]
In a short time
Em A5
Only a week
Em Em7 A
Since we star - ted
Em A5 [ Asus4 Em ]
It seems to me
Em A5 [ Asus4 Em ]
For every time
Em A5
I'm getting more
Em Em7 A
Open hear - ted
[Bridge]
Em A/C#
I was an impossible case
Bm Cmaj7
No one ever could reach me
Em A/C#
But I think I can see in your face
Bm Cmaj7
There's a lot you can teach me
Am7 C/D
So I wanna know
[Chorus]
| G C |
What's the name of the game?
D D/C | G C | D C |
Does it mean anything to you? (What's ...)
| G C |
What's the name of the game?
D D/C G
Can you feel it the way I do?
[Link]
B Em
Tell me please
A/C# D
Cause I have to know
B Em
I'm a bashful child
A/C# C/D
Beginning to grow
[Middle 8]
G
And you make me talk
C/G
And you make me feel
G
And you make me show
C F/C C
What I'm trying to conceal
G
If I trust in you
C/G
Would you let me down?
G
Would you laugh at me
Em | F#m7 B7|
If I said I care for you?
Cmaj7
Could you feel the same way too?
C/D
I wanna know ...
[ Em ]
The name of the game
[Verse] instrumental
| Em A5 Asus4 | Em A5 Asus4 |
(riff)
| Em A5 Asus4 | Em Em7 A |
(riff)
[Verse]
Em A5 [ Asus4 Em ]
I have no friends
Em A5 [ Asus4 Em ]
No one to see
Em A5 Em Em7 A
And I am never invi-ted
Em A5 [ Asus4 Em ]
Now I am here
Em A5 [ Asus4 Em ]
Talking to you
Em A5 Em Em7 A
No wonder I get exci-ted
[Bridge]
Em A/C#
Your smile and the sound of your voice
Bm Cmaj7
And the way you see through me
Em A/C#
Got a feeling, you give me no choice
Bm Cmaj7
But it means a lot to me
Am7 C/D
So I wanna know
[Chorus]
G C
What's the name of the game?
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
D D/C G C D [ C ]
Does it mean anything to you?
(Got a feeling you give me no choice but it means a lot)
G C
What's the name of the game?
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
D D/C G
Can you feel it the way I do?
[Link]
B Em
Tell me please
A/C# D
Cause I have to know
B Em
I'm a bashful child
A/C# C/D
Beginning to grow
[Middle 8]
G
And you make me talk
C/G
And you make me feel
G
And you make me show
C F/C C
What I'm trying to conceal
G
If I trust in you
C/G
Would you let me down?
G
Would you laugh at me
Em | F#m7 B7|
If I said I care for you?
Cmaj7
Could you feel the same way too?
C/D
I wanna know ...
C/D
Oh yes I wanna know
[Chorus] (repeat and fade)
G C
The name of the game
(I was an impossible case)
D D/C G C D [ C ]
Does it mean anything to you?
(But I think I can see in your face and it means a lot)
G C
What's the name of the game?
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
D D/C G C D [ C ]
Can you feel it the way I do?
(Got a feeling you give me no choice but it means a lot)
G C
What's the name of the game?
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
D D/C G C D [ C ]
Does it mean anything to you?
(But I think I can see in your face and it means a lot)
G C
What's the name of the game?
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
D D/C G C D [ C ]
Can you feel it the way I do?
(Got a feeling you give me no choice but it means a lot)
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/abba/the_name_of_the_game_chords_1845296