{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2328667,"song":"The Ninth Man","artist":"Megama","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11485368-the-ninth-man-chords-by-megama/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2328667?type=chord","rating":4.89583,"votes":3,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen we were young Yeshiva boys' way back in '65,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe were known throughout the city as \"the bums from the east side\".[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn school we never studied, all we did was laugh and play,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo Rebbi ever lasted long they all just ran away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRebbi tried to teach us Torah each and every day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we just closed our eyes and ear's to everything he'd say,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd all we liked to do was sit and watch our T.V. sets,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd talk about the Yankees, and the Dodgers, and the Mets.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell the Principle brought the new Rebbe in on the first day of the term,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he said to him \"Show discipline, be strong and tough and firm\".[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Don't think these youngster run the school\", he said with a big frown,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"And by the way, for the next few weeks I'm going out of town\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut this here Rebbe he was strange, he never lost his cool,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe just kept on teaching, while we broke all the rules,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd though we hadn't even learned a single word all year,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was Pesach time already, and the Rebbi was still here.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRebbi tried to teach us Torah each and every day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we just closed our eyes and ear's to everything he'd say,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd all we liked to do was sit and watch our T.V. sets,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd talk about the Yankees, and the Dodgers, and the Mets.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen Lag B'omer came around it was time to play that game,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAgainst those boys' from Brooklyn, how we prayed it wouldn't rain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll nine of us got on the bus with our gloves and bats,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRebbi also came along in his jacket, tie and hat[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nRight from the start we all could see things weren't going right,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome big strong kid from Bensonhurst had hit one out of sight.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd just when things were looking up, the tide about to turn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOur catcher went a broke his leg while sliding into third.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"It's a forfeit\". cried the other team, \"you only got eight guys\",[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"No we don't\", a deep voice said, much to our surprise,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Since I am their Rebbe, well the fair thing it would seem,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs let me be the ninth man, the ninth man on this team\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nRebbi went, picked up the bat, faced the pitch with a smile,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nKnocked the cover off that ball, went about half a mile.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe flew around the bases, and scored the winning run,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe danced and cheered until he said \"Now boys' you owe me one. \"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNext day in the classroom, no one moved and no one stirred,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRebbe started teaching, and his voice it could be heard,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe all said, \"Hey, its interesting. The man he is no bore\",[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe legendary east-side-bums were gone for ever more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRebbi used to teach us Torah each and every day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe opened our eyes and ears to everything he'd say,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo more did we sit all day and watch our T.V. sets,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe talked about the Rashi, and the Tosfos, and the Mets![/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G","G7","C7","F","E7","Am","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}