The Sporting Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I fell on [D]the[G] playing fie[D]ld[Em]
The work of an errant [C]heel
The din of the crowd and
the loud commo[Am]tion
Went deafening [D]silence and
stopped [G]emotion
The season [D]was al[G]most [D]done[Em]
We managed it [C]12 to 1
So far I had known no humiliation
[Am]In front of my[C] frien[D]ds
and close relations
[C]

[Verse 2]
There's my father looking [G]on[D][C]
And there's my girlfriend arm [G]in arm
With the cap[Em]tain of the other team
And [C]all of this is clear to me
They [D]condescend and fix on me [C]a frown
[Am]How they l[D]ove [G]the sporting life

[Verse 3]
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And father had had such [Em]hopes
For a son who would take
[C]the ropes
And fulfill all his old athletic [Am]aspirations
But [C]apparently [D]now there's
some complications
[G]But while I am [D]lying[G] her[D]e[Em]
Trying to fight [C]the tears
I'll prove to the crowd that I
come [Am]out stronger
Though I think [C]I might [D]lie here
a little [C]longer

[Verse 4]
There's [C]my coach he's looking [G]down
[C]The disappointment in his
knitted [G]brow
[Em]I should've known
He thinks again
I [C]never should have put him in
[D]He turns and loads the lemonade [C]away
And [Am]breathes in [D]deep
[G]The sporting life
[D]The sport[Em] ing life
[C]The sporting life
How [G]he loves

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
[C]There's my father looking [G]on[C]
And there's my girlfriend arm [G]in arm
With [D]the cap[Em]tain of the other team
And [C]all of this is clear to me
They [D]condescend and fix on me [C]a frown
[Am]How they love [D]the sporting l[G]ife

[Outro 1]
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