The Sporting Life

The Sporting Life easy guitar chords by The Decemberists

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  • G

  • D

  • Em

  • C

  • Am

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    2
  • G

  • D

  • Em

  • C

  • Am

  • Bm

    2
  • Verse 1
    fell 
    on 
    the playing 
    field 

    The work 
    of 
    an errant 
    heel 

    The 
    din 
    of 
    the 
    crowd 
    and 

    the 
    loud 
    commo
    tion 

    Went 
    deafening 
    silence 
    and 

    stopped 
    emotion 

    The season 
    was 
    al
    most 
    done 

    We 
    managed 
    it 
    12 to 

    So 
    far 
    had 
    known 
    no 
    humiliation 

    In front 
    of my 
    friends 

    and 
    close 
    relations 

    Verse 2
    There's 
    my 
    father 
    looking 
    on 

    And 
    there's 
    my 
    girlfriend 
    arm 
    in arm 

    With 
    the cap
    tain 
    of 
    the 
    other 
    team 

    And 
    all 
    of this 
    is 
    clear 
    to me 

    They 
    condescend 
    and fix 
    on 
    me 
    a frown 

    How 
    they 
    love 
    the sport
    ing 
    life 

    Verse 3

    And 
    father 
    had 
    had 
    such 
    hopes 

    For a 
    son 
    who would 
    take 

    the ropes 

    And fulfill 
    all 
    his 
    old 
    athletic 
    aspiration

    But 
    apparently 
    now 
    there's 

    some 
    complications 

    But 
    while 
    am ly
    ing 
    here 

    Trying 
    to 
    fight 
    the tears 

    I'll 
    prove 
    to 
    the crowd 
    that 

    come 
    out stronger 

    Though 
    I think 
    I might 
    lie 
    here 

    a little 
    longer 

    Verse 4
    There's 
    my 
    coach 
    he's 
    looking 
    down 

    The 
    disappointment 
    in his 

    knitted 
    brow 

    I should've 
    known 

    He 
    thinks 
    again 

    never 
    should 
    have 
    put 
    him 
    in 

    He 
    turns 
    and loads 
    the 
    lemonade 
    away 

    And 
    breathes 
    in 
    deep 

    The sporting 
    life 

    The sport
    ing life 

    The sport
    ing life 

    How 
    he 
    loves 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 5
    There's 
    my 
    father 
    looking 
    on 

    And 
    there's 
    my 
    girlfriend 
    arm 
    in arm 

    With 
    the cap
    tain 
    of 
    the 
    other 
    team 

    And 
    all 
    of 
    this 
    is 
    clear 
    to me 

    They 
    condescend 
    and 
    fix 
    on 
    me 
    a frown 

    How 
    they 
    love 
    the 
    sport
    ing 
    life 

    Outro 1





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