The Sporting Life Uke tab by Decemberists

6 Chords used in the song: G, Em, C, Am, D, Cmaj7

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Year:  2005
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Key: G, EmChords
G G
I fell on the playing field
Em Em
The work of an errant heel
C C
The din of the crowd and the loud commotion
Am Am D D
When deafening silence and stopped motion
G G
The season was almost done
Em Em
We'd managed it twelve to one
C C
So far I had known no humiliation
Am Am D D
In front of my friends and close relation

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
There's my father looking on
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
Em Em
With the captain of the other team
C C
And all of this is clear to me
D D C C
They condescend to fix on me a frown
Am Am D D
How they love
G G
The sporting life

G G
And father had had such hopes
Em Em
For a son who would take the ropes
C C
And fufill all his old athletic aspirations
Am Am D D
But apparently now there's some complications
G G
But while I am lying here
Em Em
Trying to fight the tears
C C
I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger
Am Am D D
Though I think I might lie here a little longer

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
'Cause there's my coach, he's looking down
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
The disappointment in his knitted brow
Em Em
I should have known he thinks again,
C C
"I never should have put him in"
D D C C
He turns to load the lemonade away
Am Am D D
And breathes in deep
G G
The sporting life
Em Em
The sporting life
C C
The sporting life
G G
How he loves


Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
There's my father looking on
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
Em Em
With the captain of the other team
C C
And all of this is clear to me
D D C C
They condescend to fix on me a frown
Am Am D D
How they love
G G
The sporting life
Em Em
The sporting life
C C
The sporting life
G G
How they love

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Pretty good! :)
25 Nov 2009
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