Here Lies Carl Mays chords by
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Key: Db major

Verse 1
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It's so peaceful here in
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the Riverview Graveyard
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And sometimes it felt that way
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out in the green ball field
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And life can take a turn right
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before your eyes
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And you know you'll never be
the same again
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Verse 2
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Chappy was a favorite son,
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called a 'Prince' by everyone
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But he couldn't hit me a lick
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and he'd tell you so
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When he squared to one again,
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I submarined it up and then
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He was leaning out over the plate
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and he just froze

Verse 3
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I wasn't trying to hurt anyone
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C C 
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G G 
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But now it's all so
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said and done
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And I wish that killer pitch
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never left my hand
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Verse 4
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It was never far from my mind
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but the next year I went 27 and 9
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Hit 343 and we won
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the Yank's first flag
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Still people didn't like me,
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accused me of being on the tick in the Series
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I pitched three complete
games with an ERA of 1.73

Verse 5
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In '28, Ray's wife died,
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suspected it was suicide
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And the daughter he never
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saw passed in '29
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And the very ball I threw that day,
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30 years later, it was put into play
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Took a bad hop and smashed
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some poor kid in the eye

Verse 6
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G G 
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I wasn't trying to hurt anyone
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G G 
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Am Am 
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But now it's all so said and done
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And I wish that killer pitch
G G 
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never left my hand
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Verse 7
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Now it's so peaceful here in the
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Riverview Graveyard
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And sometimes it felt that way
C C 
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out in the green ball field
F F 
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And life can take a turn right
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before your eyes
G G 
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And you know you'll never

Outro 1

be the same again

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