I fell on the playing feild
EmThe work of an errant heel
CThe din of the crowd and the loud commotion
When deafening silence and stopped motion
GThe season was almost done
EmWe'd managed it twelve to one
So far I had known no humiliation
Am DIn front of my friends and close relation
Cmaj7 G
There's my father looking on
Cmaj7 GAnd there's my girlfriend arm in arm
With the captain of the other team
CAnd all of this is clear to me
D CThey condescend to fix on me a frown
How they love
GThe sporting life
G
And father had had such hopes
EmFor a son who would take the ropes
And fufill all his old athletic aspirations
Am DBut apparently now there's some complications
GBut while I am lying here
Trying to fight the tears
CI'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger
Am DThough I think I might lie here a little longer
Cmaj7 G
'Cause there's my coach, he's looking down
The disappointment in his knitted brow
EmI should have known he thinks again,
C"I never should have put him in"
He turns to load the lemonade away
Am DAnd breathes in deep
GThe sporting life
The sporting life
CThe sporting life
GHow he loves
(Interlude:)
G Em C GCmaj7 G
There's my father looking on
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
EmWith the captain of the other team
CAnd all of this is clear to me
They condescend to fix on me a frown
Am DHow they love
GThe sporting life
The sporting life
CThe sporting life
GHow they love
(Outro:)
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