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Sporting Life

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Gmajor
90BPM
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Gmaj7I fell on the playing field
Emthe work of an errant heel
Cadd9the din of the crowd and the loud commotion
Amwent deafening silence Dsus2and stopped emotion
Gmaj7the season was almost done
Emwe managed it 12 to 1
Cadd9so far I had known no humiliation
Amin front of my friends aDsus2nd close relations
Cmaj7There's my father looking Gmaj7on
Cmaj7and there's my girlfriend arm in Gmaj7arm
Emwith the captain of the other team
Cadd9and all of this is clear to me
Dsus2they condescend and fix on me a Cadd9frown
Amhow they Dsus2love
Gmaj7the sporting life
Gmaj7And father had had such hopes
Emfor a son who would take the ropes
Cadd9and fulfill all his old athletic aspirations
Ambut apparently Dsus2now there's some complications
Gmaj7but while I am lying here
Emtrying to fight the tears
Cadd9I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger
Amthough I think I might Dsus2lie here a little longer
Cmaj7There's my coach he's looking Gmaj7down
Cmaj7the disappointment in his knitted Gmaj7brow
EmI should've known he thinks again
Cadd9I never should have put him in
Dsus2he turns and loads the Cadd9lemonade away
Amand breathes in Dsus2deep
Gmaj7the sporting life
Emthe sporting life
Cadd9the sporting life
Gmaj7how he loves...
Bridge/Bass Solo:
Gmaj7 Em Cadd9 Gmaj7
Cmaj7There's my father looking Gmaj7on
Cmaj7and there's my girlfriend arm in Gmaj7arm
Emwith the captain of the other team
Cadd9and all of this is clear to me
Dsus2they condescend and fix on me a Cadd9frown
Amhow they Dsus2love
Gmaj7the sporting life
Emthe sporting life
Cadd9the sporting life
Gmaj7how they love...
Outro:
Gmaj7 Em Cadd9 Gmaj7
Gmaj7 Em Cadd9 Gmaj7
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Gmaj7:354433
Em: 022000
Cadd9:x32030
Am: 577555
Dsus2:x57755
Cmaj7:x32000 or 332000
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