My Sportin' Life chords by
John Kay

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Key: Ab major•

Verse 1

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Words and music by John Kay

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Though I can't show you

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the years of my life

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That I spend on the road

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to freedom

Don't let it throw you,

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I know of your strife

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I know what it's like to roam

I sang 'em a glad song,

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played 'em a sad song

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Sang 'em the whole night long

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Just for a dollar or what they

could offer

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To somebody's ramblin' boy

Verse 2

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When the fun was done,

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I would pack my bags and I was gone

Though the women were kind there was

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nothing to bind me to one

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'Til somebody changed

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my rough and rowdy ways

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Somebody changed my

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ole carousing days

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Oh when I was a young boy

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I learned to survive

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'Til somebody came and stayed

Interlude 1

my sportin' life

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Verse 3

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I lived in the barrooms

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the juke joints and gin mills

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I worked any dive in town

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Never to proud to pass my hat around

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In every place I found

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I'll sing you a glad song,

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play you a sad song

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Sing 'em the whole night long

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Just for a dollar or what

you can offer

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To somebody's ramblin' boy

Verse 4

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There were times when lonely

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was the only feeling left in me

Or when the cold and the rain made it

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hard on a man to be free

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'Till somebody changed

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my tough and hungry days

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Somebody changed my rough

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and rowdy ways

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Now I don't really care no more

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'bout nickels and a dime

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The one I love is all I need to help

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me spend my time

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Somebody came and rolled

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away my stone

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Gm

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Somebody came,

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Bb

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and she made me feel at home

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Somebody changed my rough

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and rowdy ways

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Somebody changed my ole carousing days

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Oh when I was young boy I learned

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to stay alive

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'Til somebody came and stayed my sportin'

life

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Dm

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Verse 5

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I'll sing you a glad song,

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play you a sad song

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Sing 'em the whole night long

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Just for a

dollar

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or what you can offer

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To somebody's ramblin'

boy

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Verse 6

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Â© 1973 Black Leather Music,

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Inc. (BMI)

Outro 1

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Chords

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The original key of My Sportin' Life by John Kay is Ab major.

The primary chords used in My Sportin' Life are Ab, Eb, Db, Cb, Abm, Ebm.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Ab, Eb, Db, Cb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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