When The Yankees Came Home chords by The Statler Brothers
Verse 1
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G
D
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Just a boy and his dreams
And a girl in her teens
A
And a plan in the front of his mind
D
He said, someway, I'm gonna play
In the big lake someday
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D
Stick with me just to wait and see in time
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D
A
Well, she waited a while
D
But no longer a child
A
She got tired of chasing the wind
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She left him one spring,
triple -A second string,
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And went home to marry a friend.
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D
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She learned to cook and
learned to stitch,
While he learned to pitch a little bit better
A
each year.
D
And the two boys she raised
were so full of praise
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D
For the hero that they held so dear
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D
A
And they yelled, come and see
D
Mom here on
TV
A
It's the last and biggest game of the year
D
The count is full, the score is tied
Ninth inning, bottom side
A
He'll strike him out, just wait and see
D
They both cheer
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A
D
And sure enough there he stood
like he always said he would
A
He was doin' what he always wanted to
That
New
D
York teen he loved to hate, was standing at the plate,
A
D
and only she knew his dream was coming true
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D
A
He proudly stood his crown,
D
A
out there on the mound, facin' the world all alone
D
And the family wondered why
there were tears in
Mama's eyes
Cause she cried when the
A
D
Yankees came home
A
Mama cried when the
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Yankees came home
When The Yankees Came Home
The Statler Brothers
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