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Mick Jagger – Strange Game Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Strange Game by Mick Jagger on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
Am  E  Am C E

[Verse 1]
Am              C    E
Surrounded by losers misfits
and boozers
Am         C          E
Hanging by your fingernails
    Am          F
You made one mistake,
        C             E
you got burned at the stake
       Am                  E
You’re finished, you’re foolish,
    Am
you failed

[Verse 2]
                 C
There’s always a hope
            E
on this slippery slope
Am          C        E7
Somewhere a ghost of a chance
       Am          F
To get back in the game
      C           E
and burn off your shame
  Am         E       Am
A dance with a big boys again

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[Interlude]
F C E  Am  C  Am  E7  Am C E

[Chorus]
E      Am               E
It’s a strange, strange game
Am       C       Am
Strange, strange game
       Am          E
Such a shame shame shame
Am     C       E
Yes, a strange game

[Verse 3]
Am         C         E
You got to carry the blame
        Am      E7
In this strange game
       Am         F
You’re out on a limb and
       C             Em
you’re trying to get in
       Am  E   Am
It’s a strange game

[Interlude]
Dm   Am   Dm   E

[Verse 4]
    Am           C         E
You piled up the corpses exhausted
your sourced
Am           C       E
Living right under a cloud
    Am        F
The odds are against you,
    C            Em
the gods haven’t blessed you
    Am              E      Am
You better get back on the rails

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[Verse 5]
                  C
Drill down on the data,
     E
keep pushing the paper
    Am                  C      E
The damps dripping down on the walls
       Am         F
It’s a million to one,
          C            E
there’s a place in the sun
   Am           E         Am
To dance with a big boys again

[Interlude]
Am  C  E  Am  E  Am F  C  Am

[Chorus]
Am                      E
It’s a strange, strange game
Am             E7
Strange, oh so strange
    Am                      E
You don’t even know my real name
       Am   C  E
It’s a strange game
Am         C     E
You got to carry the blame
        Am      E7
In this strange game
       Am       F
You’re out on a limb and you’re
       C           E
trying hard to get in
       Am
It’s a strange game

How to play Strange Game: key, chords and progression

Strange Game by Mick Jagger is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 7 chords: Am, E, C, F, E7, Em and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Am – C – E – Am (i – III – V – i in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.