My Sportin' Life

My Sportin' Life easy guitar chords by John Kay

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  • Verse 1
    Words and 
    music by John 
    Kay 



    Though 
    can't 
    show 
    you 

    the years 
    of 
    my 
    life 

    That I 
    spend 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    to freedom 

    Don't 
    let 
    it throw 
    you, 

    know 
    of 
    your strife 

    I know 
    what 
    it's 
    like 
    to 
    roam 

    I sang 
    'em 
    a glad 
    song, 

    played 
    'em 
    a sad 
    song 

    Sang 
    'em 
    the 
    whole 
    night 
    long 

    Just 
    for 
    dollar 
    or 
    what they 

    could 
    offer 

    To some
    body's 
    ramblin' 
    boy 

    Verse 2
    When 
    the fun 
    was 
    done, 

    would 
    pack 
    my 
    bags 
    and 
    was 
    gone 

    Though 
    the women 
    were 
    kind 
    there 
    was 

    nothing 
    to bind 
    me 
    to 
    one 

    'Til some
    body 
    changed 

    my rough 
    and 
    rowdy 
    ways 

    Some
    body 
    changed 
    my 

    ole 
    ca
    rousing 
    days 

    Oh 
    when I 
    was 
    a young 
    boy 

    learned 
    to sur
    vive 

    'Til some
    body 
    came 
    and stayed 

    Interlude 1
    my sportin' 
    life 



    Verse 3
    lived 
    in 
    the 
    barrooms 

    the juke 
    joints 
    and 
    gin 
    mills 

    worked 
    any 
    dive 
    in 
    town 

    Never 
    to 
    proud 
    to pass 
    my 
    hat 
    around 

    In every 
    place 
    found 

    I'll sing 
    you 
    a glad 
    song, 

    play 
    you 
    a sad 
    song 

    Sing 
    'em 
    the 
    whole 
    night 
    long 

    Just 
    for 
    dollar 
    or 
    what 

    you 
    can 
    offer 

    To some
    body's 
    ramblin' 
    boy 

    Verse 4
    There 
    were times 
    when 
    lonely 

    was 
    the 
    only 
    feeling 
    left 
    in 
    me 

    Or 
    when 
    the 
    cold 
    and 
    the 
    rain 
    made 
    it 

    hard 
    on a man 
    to be 
    free 

    'Till some
    body 
    changed 

    my tough 
    and 
    hungry 
    days 

    Some
    body 
    changed 
    my rough 

    and 
    rowdy 
    ways 

    Now 
    don't 
    really 
    care 
    no more 

    'bout 
    nickels 
    and a 
    dime 

    The 
    one I 
    love 
    is 
    all 
    I need 
    to 
    help 

    me spend 
    my 
    time 

    Somebody 
    came 
    and 
    rolled 

    away my 
    stone 

    Some
    body 
    came, 

    and she 
    made 
    me 
    feel 
    at home 

    Some
    body 
    changed 
    my rough 

    and 
    rowdy 
    ways 

    Somebody 
    changed 
    my 
    ole 
    carousing 
    days 

    Oh 
    when I 
    was 
    young 
    boy 
    learned 

    to 
    stay alive 

    'Til somebody 
    came 
    and stayed 
    my sportin' 

    life 

    Verse 5

    I'll sing 
    you 
    a glad 
    song, 

    play 
    you 
    a sad 
    song 

    Sing 
    'em 
    the 
    whole 
    night 
    long 

    Just 
    for 

    dollar 

    or 
    what 
    you 
    can 
    offer 

    To somebody's 
    ramblin' 

    boy 

    Verse 6

    © 1973 Black 
    Leather 
    Music, 

    Inc. (BMI) 

    Outro 1


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