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The Ballplayer by Joe Purdy
The Ballplayer
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
IN CONVERSATIONAL STYLE, PLAYED IN PIANO AND REPEATING THE SAME
PROGRESSION OVER
AND OVER AGAIN. IT'S JUST ONE LONG VERSE. PLAY THE CHORDS LOOSE, AS THOUGH
BEING PLAYED ON THE KEYS....
[Verse]
G G7 C D
Long shot gone, it was a cold day for the losers
G Em C D
Who came down to Savannah to play for the weekend
G G7 C
And don't let 'em slip away, boys, 'cause they'll catch you if you ain't
D
lookin'
G Em C D
Keep your mitts up and your caps down at the ballpark
G G7 C D
She said we were both somethin' back then, had the whole world at our fingers
G Em C D
and I still remember the day that they called you up for the big show
G G7 C D
And you could have had me still, no but you never do listen
G Em C D
You were too busy packin' your bags for the big lights, the big city, and
G
Spring
[Interlude]
G G7 C D
[Verse]
G G7 C D
He said, I thought I was made outta gold, my big games, my big moments
G Em C D
'til I threw out my shoulder and they sent me back to the farm league
G G7 C D
Yeah, and these days, the best I can do is to keep cold ice on my good arm
G Em C D
And sometimes it hangs to my side in these late innings
G G7 C D
And all my ramblin' around and all my shameful days
G Em C D
The biggest mistake that I made was to leave you back in Georgia
G G7 C D
And I'm just a washed up ballplayer at best, but I did keep all of my earnin's
G Em C
I still got one good arm to hold ya, and one to pay anyone anywhere you think
D G
you might wanna go
G7 C D
Anywhere you think you might wanna go
[Interlude]
G G7 C D
[Verse]
G G7 C D
She said it seems so silly now, Lord knows you don't deserve it
G Em C D
With your lost towns and the highways and young girls and tears
G G7 C D
But I'd give an old man a chance, one more to see just what you're made of
G Em C D
'Cause you're only as good as the woman who will wait for you after all these
G
years
[Interlude]
G7 C D
G Em C G
[Verse]
G G7 C D
She said take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd
G Em C D
And buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks and I don't care if I ever get back
G G7 C D
For it's root baby root for the home team, if they don't win, it's a shame
G Em C D G
Oh it's one...two...three strikes you're out at the old ball game
[Outro]
G7 C D G
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