Key: E minor
Verse 1
Em
A
One day I was
thinking about the baby
And the memories he left behind
The old ball game
And the shame of it all
Is that they're almost gone
But there's still a few pieces
as far as I can recall.
D
A
G
Catch yourselves to a rule
D
A
G
And the babe would turn and say
Em
C
But I'd still love to play
F#dim
D
An d
A
G
F#m
Ruth, she turns to me and wonders where I am,
Em
C
and where I'd be if she didn't care
A
G
F#m
Ruth to say, you know I'd be all right,
Em
C
F#dim
but I'd still love to play
Am
D
The picture of
G
F#m
Ruth you can't afford to miss
Em
C
He held the ball like a stolen kiss
D
A
G
And the babe just let it fly
F#m
Em
C
And apologized like it hurt the guy
D
That
G
F#m
She can afford to miss
Em
C
She makes her deal as you steal your kiss
D
A
G
She never says goodbye
Em
C
F#dim
Am
A
she hardly knows the guy
My
G
F#m
He loved the things he'd never had
Em
C
And he made you happy as
Am
A
D
he made you sad
A
G
F#m
Baby, in my head, seems like he never left I
Em
C
heard the news like someone dealt
F#dim
D
A
G
F#m
It was 1948, it played a game,
Em
C
but it made it great.
A
G
Ruth sits on the couch in
Em
C
I win, oh, you lose
F#dim
D
A
G
It's just a game, she'll say
Em
C
But I'd still love to play
F#dim
A
D
A
Bm
D
G
F#m
He loved the things he nev er had
C
A
As he made you sad
D
G
F#m
She wanted things you'd never had
C
A
E
A
E
Till she left you sad
about the babe
And the memories she left
behind of the old ball game
And the shame of it all is that
they're almost gone
But there's still a few pieces I can recall
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