{"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":1672998,"song":"Sportin Life","artist":"The Lovin' Spoonful","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1672998-sportin-life-chords-by-the-lovin-spoonful/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1672998?type=chord","rating":4.62364,"votes":11,"content":"[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gettin' tired of runnin' round[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBelieve I'll get married and settle down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause this old night life[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#7[/ch]        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThis mean old sportin' life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou know it's killing me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI got a letter from my home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           \r\nMost of my good friends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey are dead and gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou know it makes me worry[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#7[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd it makes me wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAbout the times to come[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMother used to fall on her knees and pray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThese are the very words she did say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]C#7[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nShe said \"Oh Johnny, my lovin' Johnny...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWon't you please change your ways\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI been a gambler and a cheater too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow it's come my time to lose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause this old sportin' life[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#7[/ch]                   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nYou know she's holdin' the best hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd what can I do...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nCause I'm gettin' tired of runnin' round[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBelieve I'll get married and settle down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause this old night life[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#7[/ch]   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nIt's a bad life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]C#7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd it's killing me[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["E","E7","A","Am","C#7","C7","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}