Buckner's Bolero chords by
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Key: D major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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If Bobby Ojeda hadn't
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raged at Sullivan and Yawkey
And hadn't been traded to
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the Mets for Calvin Schiraldi
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If Oil Can Boyd hadn't
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been such a  nutcase
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And Jim Rice had twice
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taken an easy extra base

Verse 2
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C C 
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If the Red Sox had had a bet
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ter playoff 4th starter
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Instead, Nipper served up a big
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fat slider to Carter
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What would Seaver have done
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if not for his bum knee?
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Would he have taken the ball and ex
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acted revenge on his old team?

Verse 3
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C C 
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If Gooden had pitched like the real Dr. K
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Or Donnie Moore hadn't had
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that nightmare day
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That stuck with him 'til
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he couldn't take anymore
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And turned his own kitchen
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into a killing floor
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Verse 4
And John McNamara, what the
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hell was he thinking?
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Was it him, not the party boy Mets,
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doing all the drinking?
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If he'd hit Baylor for Buckner and
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yanked the first baseman
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For his by- the- book late inning
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defensive replacement
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That ball would have been snagged
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if it'd ever been hit
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And Mookie's last name wouldn't
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now be "86"

Verse 5
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Bob Stanley picked a pretty bad
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time to uncork a wild pitch
And I'm sure he's still thinking that
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you could have blocked it, Rich
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Then the tying run might
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have not been tallied by Mitch
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If one play killed the Sox,
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can you please tell me which?

Verse 6
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I guess everything happens
for some sort of reason
And there must be a tragic
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end  to every long season
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If even one man doesn't do
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A A 
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one thing he does
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We'd all know Bill Buckner
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for just what he was
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A pretty tough out for the Dodgers,
Red Sox and Cubs
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Verse 7
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Ten thousand at bats and close
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to three thousand hits
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And he stole plenty bases
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before his legs  quit
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As tough to walk as he was to strike out
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But there's only one play that ever
gets talked about
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Verse 8
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Now some kind of fame lies
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in being a scapegoat
And if not that,
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then you're just an historical footnote
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And your 22 years playing
ball might be forgotten
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Maybe Bill Buckner was
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D D 
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lucky his luck was so rotten

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