My Sportin' Life chords by John Kay, Steppenwolf

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Though
D 
I can show you the years of my life
C 
G 
That I spent on the road of freedom
Don't let it throw you,
D 
I know of your strife
C 
G 
I know what it's like to roam

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Verse 2

I sang 'em a glad song,

played 'em a sad song

Sang 'em the whole night long

Just for a dollar or what they

could offer

To somebody's ramblin' boy

Verse 3
C 
When the fun was done
G 
I would pack my bags and I was gone
Though the women were kind
C 
G 
There was nothing to bind me to one
C 
Bb 
G 
C 
Somebody changed my rough
Bb 
G 
and rowdy ways
C 
Bb 
G 
Somebody changed my
C 
Bb 
G 
old carousing days
C 
G 
When I  was a young boy
C 
Bb 
Gm 
I learned to survive
G 
C 
Bb 
G 
C 
'Til somebody came and stayed

Interlude 1

my sporting life

Verse 4
G 
I lived in the barrooms,
D 
the juke joints and gin mills
C 
G 
I worked any dive in town
D 
Never too proud to pass my hat around
C 
G 
In every place I found
C 
I'll sing

Verse 5
G 
you a glad song,
D 
play you a sad song
C 
G 
C 
G 
Sing 'em the whole night long
D 
Just for a dollar or what
you can offer
C 
G 
To somebody's ramblin' boy

Verse 6
C 
There were times when lonely
G 
was the only feeling left in me
Or when the cold and the rain made it
C 
G 
hard on a man to be free
C 
Bb 
G 
Then somebody changed my
C 
Bb 
G 
cold and hungry days
C 
Bb 
G 
C 
Somebody changed my rough
Bb 
G 
and rowdy ways

Verse 7
C 
Bb 
G 
Well I don't really care no more
C 
Bb 
G 
'bout nickels and dimes
C 
Bb 
G 
C 
The one I love is all I need to help
Bb 
G 
me spend my  time
C 
G 
C 
Somebody came and rolled
G 
away my stone
C 
Bb 
Gm 
G 
Somebody came and
C 
Bb 
G 
made me feel at home
C 
Bb 
G 
C 
Somebody changed my rough
Bb 
G 
and rowdy ways
C 
G 
C 
Somebody changed my old
G 
C 
carousing days
G 
C 
When I was a young boy I learned
Bb 
G 
to survive
C 
G 
C 
'Til somebody came and stayed my sporting
life
G 
D 
Dm 
G 
C 

Verse 8
G 
I'll sing you a glad song,
D 
play you a sad song
C 
G 
C 
G 
Sing 'em the whole night long
D 
Just for a dollar or what
you can offer
C 
G 
To somebody's ramblin' boy

Verse 9
G 
I'll sing you a glad song,
D 
play you a sad song
C 
G 
Sing 'em the whole night long
D 
Just for a dollar or what you
can offer
C 
G 
To somebody's ramblin' boy

Verse 10
G 
I'll sing you a glad song,
D 
play you a sad song
C 
G 
C 
Sing 'em the whole night long
G 
D 
Just for a dollar or what you
can offer
C 
To somebody's ramblin' boy