A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request chords by
Steve Goodman

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

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Ebdim

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By the shores of old Lake Michigan

Verse 1

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Where the hawk wind blows so cold

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An old Cub fan lay dying

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In his midnight hour, the toll

Verse 2

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Around his bed, his friends had all gathered

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They knew his time was short

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On his head, they put this bright blue cap

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From his all-time favorite favorite sport

Verse 3

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He told 'em, "It's late,

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and it's getting dark in here

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And I know it's to time to go

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But before I leave the

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lineup

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Boys, there's just one thing

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that I'd like to know

Verse 4

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"Do they still play the blues in Chicago

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When baseball season rolls

around?

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When the snow melts away,

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do the Cubbies still play

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In their ivy-covered burial

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burial ground?

Verse 5

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"When I was a boy,

they were my pride and joy

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But now they only bring fatigue

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To the home of the brave,

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the land of the free

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And the doormat of the National League"

Verse 6

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He told his friends, "You know,

the law of averages says

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Anything will happen that

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can" that's what it says

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"But the last time the Cubs won a

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Na tional League pennant

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Was the year we dropped

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the bomb on Japan

Verse 7

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"The Cubs made me a criminal,

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sent me down a wayward path

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They stole my youth from me,

that's the truth

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I'd forsake my teachers to

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go sit in the bleachers

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In flagrant truancy

Verse 8

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"And then one thing led to another

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And soon I discovered alcohol,

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gambling, dope

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Football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis

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But what do you expect?

Verse 9

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"When you raise up a young boy's

hopes

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And then just crush 'em like

so many paper beer cups

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Year after, year after, year

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After year, after year, after year,

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after year, after year

'Till those hopes are

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just so much popcorn

For the pigeons beneath

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the 'L' tracks to eat"

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He said, "You know,

Verse 10

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I'll never see Wrigley Field anymore before my eternal rest

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So if you have your pencils and

your scorecards ready

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Then I'll read you my

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last request"

Verse 11

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He said,

"Give me a doubleheader funeral in Wrigley Field

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On some sunny weekend day,

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no lights

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Have the organ play the Na

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tional Anthem

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And then a little 'Na Na Na Na,

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Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye'

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"Make six bullpen pitch

Verse 12

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ers carry my coffin

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And six groundskeepers clear my path

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Have the umpires bark

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me out at every base

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In all their holy wrath

Verse 13

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"It's a beautiful day for a funeral

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Hey, Ernie, let's play two

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Somebody go get Jack

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Brick-house to to come back

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And conduct just one

more interview

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Verse 14

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"Have the Cubbies run right out

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into the middle of the field

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Have Keith Mo reland drop

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a routine fly

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Give everybody two bags

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of peanuts and a frosty malt

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And I'll be ready to die

Verse 15

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"Build a big fire on home plate out of your

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Louisville Slugger baseball bats

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And toss my coffin in

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Let my ashes blow in

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a beautiful snow

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From the prevailing thirty-mile-an-hour southwest

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southwest southwest southwest wind

Verse 16

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"And when my last remains go flying

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over the left field wall

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We'll bid the bleacher bums adieu

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I will come to my final resting place

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Out on Waveland Avenue"

Verse 17

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The dying man's friends

told him to cut it out

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They said,

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"Stop it" and "That's an awful shame"

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He whispered, "Don't cry,

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we'll meet by and by

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Near the heavenly hall of fame"

Verse 18

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He said, "I've got seasons tickets

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to watch the angels now

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So it's just what I'm gonna do"

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He said, "But you the living,

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you're stuck here with the Cubs

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So it's me who feels sorry

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for you"

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And he said, "Oh, play, play

Verse 19

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that 'Lonesome Losers' tune

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That's the one I like the best"

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Closed his eyes and slipped away

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Well, Scotty, it was the dying Cub

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fan's last request, so here it is

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"Do they still

Verse 20

play the blues in Chicago

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When baseball season rolls around?

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When the snow melts away,

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do the Cubbies still play

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In their ivy-covered burial

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burial ground?

Verse 21

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When I was a boy,

they were my pride and joy

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But now they only bring fatigue

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To the home of the brave,

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the land of the free

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And the doormat of the

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Na tional League"

Outro 1

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