Chords for Ellis Paul: "Jackie Robinson" (Official Music Video)

_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ Jackie [F] Robinson was a man who [G] swung a bat
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] And because he was so [F] good at it he became much [G] more than that
_ [F] He _ _ [C] was the first [G] man of [D] color [C] in the game
He [G] rose from the Negro [D]
Leagues [C] into fame
_ [G] Into a world [D] that was begging [C] for change
In [G] the dugout they gave him a shout out
They're calling [D] his _ [G] name
_ Jackie _ [A] _ _ _ [G] Robinson Jackie _ [D] _ _ _ [G] Robinson Jackie
_ [A] _ He [G] changed the way we play [D] the game [G] The game
_ [D] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ [D] Baseball, football, [F]
basketball, [C] long jump [G] and trap
[D] _
_ [F] _ _ [D] He [G] was a world [D] class [F] athlete, no game was [C] gonna hold [G] him _ [D] back
[F] _
_ [C] Oh he was called up [G] to rise [D] above all [C] the shame
The [G] slurs and the threats [D] that he [C] overcame
His [G] courage belongs [D] in the Hall [G] of [C] Fame
In [G] the dugout they gave him a shout out
They're calling [Dm] his _ [G] name
Jackie _ _ [A] _ _ Robinson
[G] Jackie _ _ [D] _ _ Robinson
[G] Jackie
_ _ [A] _ He changed [G] the way we play [D] the game [G] The game _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ Play ball
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ He was the first [G] man of [D] color in [C] the game
He [G] rose from the Negro Leagues into [C] fame
[G] Into a world that was begging for change
_ In the dugout they gave [C] him a shout out
[G] They're calling his [Dm] _
_ [G] name
Jackie _ _ [A] _ _ Robinson
[G] _
Jackie _ [D] _ _ [G] Robinson Jackie
_ _ [A]
He [G] changed the way we play the [D] _ game
[G] _
Jackie _ [A] _ _ _
Robinson
[G] Jackie _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Robinson Jackie _
_ [A] He [G] changed the way we play the [D] _ game [G] The game
_ [F] _ _
_ [G] Play ball _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] The game
_ _ _ _ _
[G] The game _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
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