Biography:
David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, February 23 1958, in Beckenham, Kent, UK) is an English singer, musician and composer who first rose to fame as the lead vocalist and main songwriter of the band Japan, and whose subsequent solo career has been influenced by a variety of musical styles and genres, including jazz, ambient music and electronic music.
Japan, which also included Mick Karn, Rob Dean, Richard Barbieri and Sylvian's brother Steve Jansen
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[Verse 1]
F#m F#msus2
Maybe I'm wrong
F#m C#m F#m
I should just keep moving on...
E
I suppose.
A G#m
But I'll see it through
F#m F#msus2 C#m
Just like some kind of fool.
[Verse 2]
F#m F#msus2
You say you care
F#m C#m
That this kind of life
F#m
Leads nowhere.
E A G#m
Still, I guess, I'll see it through
F#m
Just like some kind of fool
[Chorus]
G#m A
The rules of the game
C#m
We constantly play
D
Can be cruel.
A Bm
If nothing else remains
Bm
I've promised to stay
D
And I do.
[Verse 3]
F#m F#msus2 F#m
Crying again, you say these words
C#m F#m E
Are just sentimental things,
A G#m
But I'll stay with you
F#m
Just like some kind of fool.
[Chorus]
G#m A
All the things we say,
C#m D
Apportioning blame are untrue
A
And nothing else remains,
Bm
I've promised to stay
D
And I do,
D F#m
And I do…like some kind of fool.
[Chorus]
G#m A
The rules of the game
C#m D
We so often play, can be cruel.
A
If nothing else remains
Bm
I've promised to stay
D
And I do,
D
And I do…like some kind of fool
[Outro]
F#m A C#m
F#m F#msus2
Maybe I'm wrong
F#m C#m F#m
I should just keep moving on...
E
I suppose.
A G#m
But I'll see it through
F#m F#msus2 C#m
Just like some kind of fool.
[Verse 2]
F#m F#msus2
You say you care
F#m C#m
That this kind of life
F#m
Leads nowhere.
E A G#m
Still, I guess, I'll see it through
F#m
Just like some kind of fool
[Chorus]
G#m A
The rules of the game
C#m
We constantly play
D
Can be cruel.
A Bm
If nothing else remains
Bm
I've promised to stay
D
And I do.
[Verse 3]
F#m F#msus2 F#m
Crying again, you say these words
C#m F#m E
Are just sentimental things,
A G#m
But I'll stay with you
F#m
Just like some kind of fool.
[Chorus]
G#m A
All the things we say,
C#m D
Apportioning blame are untrue
A
And nothing else remains,
Bm
I've promised to stay
D
And I do,
D F#m
And I do…like some kind of fool.
[Chorus]
G#m A
The rules of the game
C#m D
We so often play, can be cruel.
A
If nothing else remains
Bm
I've promised to stay
D
And I do,
D
And I do…like some kind of fool
[Outro]
F#m A C#m
David Tyer
David Vallier
David Vanderveld (...)
david welander
David Whitmore