E|-----5----------5-------------5----------5----------|
B|-----5-------------5----------5-------------5-------|
G|----------h-o---------7------------h-o---------7----|
D|----------0-7----------------------0-7--------------|
A|--7------------------------7------------------------|
E|--5------------------------5------------------------|

[Verse 1]
A      Asus4  A      Asus4
I climb up, spending daylight
F#          B              A      Asus4   A   Asus4
Slide down, bankrupt on the other side
A      Asus4      A      Asus4
Some sweet girl, playing my wife
F#       B            A     Asus4     A     Asus4
Runs off with a boy whose bike she'll ride

[Chorus]
F    Bb           F      Bb
Playground, it's a playground
F           Bb            G              C
Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies
       F   Bb            F    Bb
In the playground, every day ground
F          Bb           F            Bb            A      Asus4
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world

[Verse 2]
A         Asus4   A        Asus4
Bells will ring, door flies open
F#       B              A       Asus4    A   Asus4
Hare and Greyhound in the old kiss chase
A         Asus4     A       Asus4
You've been caught, game is ended
F#       B               A     Asus4    A   Asus4
Smack on kisser from her slap on face

[Chorus]
F    Bb           F      Bb
Playground, it's a playground
F           Bb            G              C
Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies
       F   Bb            F    Bb
In the playground, every day ground
F          Bb           F            Bb            A      Asus4
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world

[Bridge]
D#m                 G#                    C#m7
Watch the leaves all tear away, one by one
                F#                       D#m
Leaving you but lined like an exercise book
              G#                        C#m7
What did your report once say? Know the one
                 F#7sus4  F#7  F#m7   F#7
This boy must try harder to please
     E7sus4     E7     Em7    E7
From down on his knees

[Verse 3]
A           Asus4       A               Asus4
Playground, playground, careful what you say ground
A           Asus4        A              Asus4
Playground, playground, gonna make you pay ground
A         Asus4   A         Asus4
Brain gets bent, heart gets broken
F#             B       A     Asus4      A    Asus4
You can't jump off once the pages turn
A        Asus4    A       Asus4
School is out but never over
F#         B           A       Asus4    A    Asus4
That's the only lesson you can learn

[Chorus]
F    Bb           F      Bb
Playground, it's a playground
F           Bb            G              C
Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies
       F   Bb            F    Bb
In the playground, every day ground
F          Bb           F            Bb
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world
F     Bb           F      Bb
Playground, it's a playground
F           Bb             G             C
You're for the high jump, if you let 'em push you
      F     Bb          F      Bb
In the playground, every day ground
   F         Bb         F            Bb             E      Esus4
There's no escaping, escaping from their big square world
    E       Esus4          E          Esus4
You may leave school but it never leaves you

[Outro Riff]

E|-----0----------0-------------0----------0----------|
B|-----0-------------0----------0-------------0-------|
G|----------h-o---------2------------h-o---------2----|
D|----------0-2----------------------0-2--------------|
A|--2------------------------2------------------------|
E|--0------------------------0------------------------|