{"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":548680,"song":"Sporting Life","artist":"The Decemberists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11568466-sporting-life-chords-by-the-decemberists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/548680?type=chord","rating":4.76144,"votes":44,"content":"[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nI fell on the playing field[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe work of an errant heel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nthe din of the crowd and the loud commotion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nwent deafening silence and stopped emotion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nthe season was almost done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwe managed it 12 to 1[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nso far I had known no humiliation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nin front of my friends and close relations[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nThere's my father looking on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                            [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nand there's my girlfriend arm in arm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwith the captain of the other team[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nand all of this is clear to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus2[/ch]                           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nthey condescend and fix on me a frown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nhow they love [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nthe sporting life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd father had had such hopes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfor a son who would take the ropes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nand fulfill all his old athletic aspirations[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nbut apparently now there's some complications[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nbut while I am lying here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\ntrying to fight the tears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nthough I think I might lie here a little longer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                         [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nThere's my coach he's looking down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                             [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nthe disappointment in his knitted brow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI should've known he thinks again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI never should have put him in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus2[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nhe turns and loads the lemonade away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nand breathes in deep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nthe sporting life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe sporting life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nthe sporting life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nhow he loves...[/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge/Bass Solo:\r\n[ch]Gmaj7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nThere's my father looking on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                            [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nand there's my girlfriend arm in arm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwith the captain of the other team[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nand all of this is clear to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus2[/ch]                           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nthey condescend and fix on me a frown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nhow they love [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nthe sporting life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe sporting life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nthe sporting life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nhow they love...[/tab]\r\n\r\nOutro:\r\n[ch]Gmaj7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gmaj7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n      EADGBE\r\n[ch]Gmaj7[/ch]:354433\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]:   022000\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch]:x32030\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]:   577555\r\n[ch]Dsus2[/ch]:x57755\r\n[ch]Cmaj7[/ch]:x32000 or 332000","plain_text":"Bridge/Bass Solo:\nGmaj7 Em Cadd9 Gmaj7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro:\nGmaj7 Em Cadd9 Gmaj7\nGmaj7 Em Cadd9 Gmaj7\n\n      EADGBE\nGmaj7:354433\nEm:   022000\nCadd9:x32030\nAm:   577555\nDsus2:x57755\nCmaj7:x32000 or 332000","chords":["Gmaj7","Em","Cadd9","Am","Dsus2","Cmaj7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}