A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request

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

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  • Intro 1


    By the 
    shores 
    of 
    old 
    Lake 
    Michigan 
    Verse 1


    Where the 
    hawk 
    wind 
    blows 
    so 
    cold 

    An old 
    Cub 
    fan 
    lay 
    dy
    ing 

    In 
    his midnight 
    hour, 
    the 
    toll 

    Verse 2
    Around 
    his bed, 
    his 
    friend
    s had 
    all 
    gathered 

    They knew 
    his 
    time 
    was 
    short 

    On 
    his 
    head, 
    they 
    put 
    this 
    bright 
    blue 
    cap 

    From 
    his all-time 
    favorite 
    favorite 
    sport 

    Verse 3
    He 
    told 
    'em, "It's 
    late, 

    and it's 
    getting 
    dark 
    in 
    here 

    And I 
    know 
    it's to time 
    to go 

    But 
    before 
    I leave 
    the 

    lineup 

    Boys, there's 
    just 
    one 
    thing 

    that I'd 
    like 
    to 
    know 

    Verse 4
    "Do they 
    still 
    play 
    the 
    blues 
    in 
    Chicago 

    When 
    baseball 
    sea
    son 
    rolls 

    around? 

    When the snow 
    melts 
    away, 

    do the 
    Cubbies still 
    play 

    In their 
    ivy-covered 
    burial 

    burial 
    ground? 

    Verse 5
    "When 
    was 
    boy, 

    they 
    were 
    my 
    pride 
    and 
    joy 

    But 
    now 
    they 
    only 
    bring 
    fatigue 

    To 
    the 
    home 
    of 
    the 
    brave, 

    the 
    land 
    of the 
    free 

    And the 
    doormat 
    of the 
    National 
    League" 

    Verse 6
    He 
    told 
    his friends, 
    "You 
    know, 

    the law 
    of 
    averages 
    says 

    Anything 
    will 
    happen 
    that 

    can
    that's what 
    it says 

    "But the 
    last 
    time 
    the 
    Cubs 
    won 

    Na
    tional 
    League 
    pen
    nant 

    Was 
    the year 
    we 
    dropped 

    the 
    bomb 
    on 
    Ja
    pan 

    Verse 7
    "The 
    Cubs 
    made 
    me 
    a criminal, 

    sent 
    me down 
    a wayward 
    path 

    They stole 
    my 
    youth 
    from 
    me, 

    that's 
    the 
    truth 

    I'd 
    forsake 
    my 
    teachers 
    to 

    go 
    sit 
    in the 
    bleach
    ers 

    In 
    flagrant 
    truancy 

    Verse 8
    "And then 
    one 
    thing 
    led 
    to another

    And 
    soon 
    I discovered 
    alcohol, 

    gambling, 
    dope 

    Foot
    ball, 
    hockey, 
    lacrosse, 
    ten
    nis 

    But what 
    do you 
    ex
    pect? 

    Verse 9
    "When 
    you raise 
    up 
    a young 
    boy's 

    hopes 

    And 
    then 
    just 
    crush 
    'em 
    like 

    so many 
    paper 
    beer 
    cups 

    Year 
    after, 
    year 
    after, 
    year 

    After 
    year, 
    af
    ter 
    year, 
    after 
    year, 

    after 
    year, 
    after 
    year 

    'Till those 
    hopes 
    are 

    just so 
    much 
    pop
    corn 

    For 
    the pigeons 
    beneath 

    the 
    'L' tracks 
    to 
    eat" 

    He said, 
    "You know, 
    Verse 10

    I'll never 
    see 
    Wrigley 
    Field 
    anymore 
    be
    fore 
    my 
    eternal 
    rest 

    So 
    if 
    you 
    have your 
    pen
    cils 
    and 

    your 
    scorecards ready 

    Then 
    I'll 
    read 
    you my 

    last 
    re
    quest" 

    Verse 11
    He said, 

    "Give me 
    doubleheader funeral 
    in 
    Wrigley 
    Field 

    On 
    some 
    sunny 
    week
    end 
    day, 

    no lights 

    Have 
    the 
    organ 
    play 
    the Na

    tional 
    Anthem 

    And 
    then a little 
    'Na 
    Na 
    Na 
    Na, 

    Hey 
    Hey 
    Hey, 
    Goodbye' 

    "Make 
    six 
    bullpen pitch
    Verse 12
    ers 
    carry 
    my 
    coffin 

    And 
    six 
    groundskeepers clear 
    my 
    path 

    Have 
    the umpires 
    bark 

    me 
    out 
    at 
    every 
    base 

    In 
    all 
    their 
    holy 
    wrath 

    Verse 13
    "It's a 
    beautiful 
    day 
    for 
    a funeral 

    Hey, 
    Ernie, 
    let's 
    play 
    two 

    Somebody 
    go 
    get 
    Jack 

    Brick-house to 
    to come 
    back 

    And 
    con
    duct 
    just 
    one 

    more 
    interview 

    Verse 14

    "Have 
    the 
    Cubbies run 
    right out 

    into 
    the middle 
    of the 
    field 

    Have 
    Keith 
    Mo
    reland 
    drop 

    a routine 
    fly 

    Give every
    body 
    two 
    bags 

    of pea
    nuts 
    and a 
    frosty 
    malt 

    And 
    I'll be 
    ready 
    to die 

    Verse 15
    "Build 
    a big 
    fire 
    on home 
    plate 
    out 
    of your 

    Louisville 
    Slugger 
    baseball 
    bat

    And 
    toss 
    my coffin 
    in 

    Let 
    my ashes 
    blow 
    in 

    a beau
    tiful 
    snow 

    From 
    the 
    prevailing 
    thirty-mile-an-hour 
    southwest 

    southwest southwest 
    south
    west 
    wind 

    Verse 16
    "And when 
    my 
    last 
    remains 
    go 
    flying 

    over 
    the left 
    field 
    wall 

    We'll bid 
    the bleacher 
    bums 
    adieu 

    will come 
    to 
    my final 
    resting 
    place 

    Out 
    on 
    Waveland Avenue" 

    Verse 17

    The 
    dying 
    man's 
    friends 

    told 
    him to cut 
    it out 

    They said, 

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

    He whispered, 
    "Don't 
    cry, 

    we'll 
    meet 
    by 
    and 
    by 

    Near the 
    heavenly 
    hall 
    of fame" 

    Verse 18
    He said, 
    "I've 
    got 
    season
    s tickets 

    to 
    watch 
    the an
    gels 
    now 

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

    He said, 
    "But 
    you the 
    living, 

    you're stuck 
    here 
    with the Cubs 

    So 
    it's me 
    who 
    feels 
    sorry 

    for 
    you" 

    And he said, 
    "Oh, 
    play, 
    play 
    Verse 19

    that 'Lonesome 
    Losers' tune 

    That's 
    the one 
    like 
    the be
    st" 

    Closed 
    his eyes 
    and 
    slipped 
    away 

    Well, Scotty, 
    it was 
    the 
    dying 
    Cub 

    fan's 
    last 
    re
    quest, 
    so 
    here it 
    is 

    "Do 
    they 
    still 
    Verse 20
    play 
    the 
    blues 
    in 
    Chicago 

    When 
    baseball 
    season 
    rolls 
    around? 

    When 
    the 
    snow 
    melts 
    away, 

    do the 
    Cubbies still 
    play 

    In 
    their 
    ivy-
    covered 
    burial 

    burial 
    ground? 

    Verse 21
    When 
    was 
    a boy, 

    they 
    were 
    my 
    pride 
    and 
    joy 

    But 
    now 
    they 
    only 
    bring 
    fa
    tigue 

    To 
    the 
    home 
    of 
    the 
    brave, 

    the 
    land 
    of 
    the 
    free 

    And 
    the 
    doormat 
    of 
    the 

    Na
    tional 
    League" 

    Outro 1


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