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The Sporting Life
The
Decemberists
Main
Strum: D D D DU U UDUDU Mute with left hand
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Cmaj7 Strum:
D U UD
U UDUDU Play only during
Cmaj7's
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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342 Gmaj7: 3x443x |
1342 Em: x7998x |
1333 C: x3555x |
13411 Am: 57755x |
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1333 D: x5777x |
32 Cmaj7:
x32000 |
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Gmaj7
(2)
I fell on the playing field
Em
(2)
The work of an errant heel
C
(2)
The din of the crowd and the loud commotion
Am D
Went deafening silence and soft emotion
Gmaj7 (2)
The season was almost done
Em (2)
We'd managed it twelve to one
C (2)
So far I had known no humiliation
Am D
In front of my friends and close
relations
Cmaj7 (2) Gmaj7 (2)
There's my father looking on
Cmaj7 (2) Gmaj7
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
Em
With
the captain of the other team
C
And
all of this is clear to me
D C
They
condescend to fix on me a frown
Am D
How
they love
Gmaj7
(2)
The
sporting life
Gmaj7 (2)
And father had had such hopes
Em (2)
For a son who would take the ropes
C (2)
And fulfill all his old athletic
aspirations
Am D
But apparently now there's some
complications
Gmaj7 (2)
But while I am lying here
Em (2)
Trying to fight the tears
C (2)
I'll prove to the crowd that I come out
stronger
Am D
Though I think I might lie here a little
longer
Cmaj7 (2)
Gmaj7 (2)
'Cause there's my coach, he's looking down
Cmaj7 (2)
Gmaj7
The disappointment in his knitted brow
Em
I
should have known he thinks again,
C
"I
never should have put him in"
D C
He
turns to load the lemonade away
Am D
And
breathes in deep
Gmaj7
(2)
The
sporting life
Em
(2)
The
sporting life
C
(2)
The
sporting life
Gmaj7
(2)
How
he loves
Interlude:
Hold
2 measures (Drum Break)
/ Gmaj7 - - - / - - - - / Em - - - / - - - - /
/
C - - - / - - - - / Gmaj7 - - - / - - - - /
Cmaj7 (2) Gmaj7 (2)
There's my father looking on
Cmaj7 (2) Gmaj7
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
Em
With
the captain of the other team
C
And
all of this is clear to me
D C
They
condescend to fix on me a frown
Am D (2)
How
they love, oh,
Gmaj7
(2)
The
sporting life
Em
(2)
The
sporting life
C (2)
The
sporting life
Gmaj7 (2)
How
they love
Outro
(play 2x):
/ Gmaj7 - - - / - - - - / Em - - - / - - - - /
/
C - - - / - - - - / Gmaj7 - - - / - - - - / End
on Gmaj7
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
