A Song About Baseball Chords by Bob Bennett

_ _ Saturdays on the baseball field, [Ab] _ [Eb] and me afraid of the [Bb] ball.
Just [F] another kid [Ebm] on [Bb] camera D, [F] the Angels still [Bb] played in L.A.
[Ab] I was _ [Ebm] smiling, _ _ _
_ [Eb] living black and white.
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Baseball [Ab] caps and [Eb] bubble gum, I think there's a hole in my [Bb] glove.
_ _ [F] Three and two, [Bb] _ life and death.
[Fm] I was swinging with [Bb] eyes closed, holding my breath.
I was _
[Eb] dying, _ _ _ [Ab] _ [F] on my way to the _ [Bb] _ [Bbm] bench. _
[Bb] _ But none [Eb] of it mattered after the game, when my [Ab] father would find [Bb] me and call [Eb] out my name.
A soft drink, a snow cone, a candy bar, a limousine ride in the family [Bb] car.
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[Bb] [Eb] He loved me, _ _ no matter how I played.
_ He loved [Ab] _ me, _ [Eb] no matter how I [Bb] played.
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[Eb] But none of it mattered after the game, when my father [Ab] would find [Bb] me and [Eb] call out my [Ab] name.
Dreaming of [Eb] glory the next time out, my father showed me what love is _ [Bb] about. _ _ _ _
[Eb] He loved _ _ me, _ no [Bb] matter how [Eb] I played.
He _
[Ab] _ _ loved me, _ no matter how I [Bb] played. _
[Eb] He loved _ me, _ no matter how I [Bb] played.
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La la la, la la la, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] la la la.
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_ _ _ _ _ But none of it mattered after the game, [Eb] when my father would find me [Bb] and call [Eb] out my name. _ _ _ _ _ _ _