Chords for Steve Goodman: A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request

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[C] _ By the [G] shores of old Lake [C] Michigan _ _ _ _
[F] _ where [D] the hawk wind [C] blows so cold _ an _ [F] _ _ [D] old cub [C] fan lay dying
_ [A] In _ [F#] his [D] midnight hour the soul [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] all around his bed his [G]
friends had [C] gathered
_ _ They _ [F] _ _ [D] knew his time was [C] short _ _ _ _
[F] And up on his head.
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They put [C] a bright blue cap
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_ [D] _ From his all-time favorite [G] sport, _ _ _ [C] and he said it's [G] late.
It's [C] getting dark in here _ _
_ [F] And I know [D] it's time to go
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_ [F] _ [Bm] But before I [C] leave the lineup _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ just one thing I'd [G] like to know _ _ _ _
[C] Do they still play the blues in _ Chicago? _ _
_ [F] when baseball _ [D]
season rolls [C] around _
When [F] the snow melts [F#m]
away [C] do the cubbies [A] still play in [D] their IV covered burial [G] ground? _ _
_ _ [C] When I was a boy, they were my pride and joy
But [F] now they [D] only _ bring [C] fatigue _ _
_ _ [F] To the home of [F#] the brave [C] the land of [A] the free and the [D]
doormat of [G] the National [C] League
[G] _
He _ _ [C] _ _
_ told his friends, you know, the law of averages [F] says that anything will happen [C] that can
_ _ _ _ [F] But the last [D] time the Cubs won [C] a National League [A] pennant _ [D] was the year we dropped the bomb on [G] Japan
_ The _ [C] Cubs made me [G] a criminal
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That's what they did [F] they stole my [D] youth from me
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_ _ _ _ [F] I'd forsake [D] my teachers to go [C] sit in the bleachers [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
in flagrant [G] truancy _
_ _ _ _ [C] Then one thing [G] led to another _ [C] _
and soon I discovered _ [F]
alcohol [D] gambling [C] dope _
_ _ _ [F] football hockey [D] _ lacrosse
[C] But what do you [A] expect?
_ [D] When you raise up a [G] young boy's hopes _ _ _ and then just [C] crush them [G] like so many paper [C] beer cups
_ _ _ _ [F] Year after [D] year after [C] year _ _ _ [F] after year [D] after year after year [C] after year after [A] year
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Until those hopes are just so much [G] popcorn for the pigeons beneath the L [C] tracks to eat
_ _ [G] He said, you know, [C] I'll never see Wrigley Field
_ [F] anymore before [Bm] my eternal [C] rest _
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[D] So if you have your pencils [C] and [A] scorecards ready
_ [D] Then I'll [G] read you my last [C] request _
[G] _ [A] _ He [C] said give me a doubleheader funeral in Wrigley Field _ _ _ _ [Fm] on some [D] sunny weekend day [C] _ _
no lights
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Have [D] the organ [C] play the national [A] anthem and [D] _
then a little na na na [G] na.
Hey, hey, hey, goodbye
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Make [G] six bullpen [C] pitchers carry my coffin
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[D] Six _ groundskeepers [C] clear my path _ _ [F] _ _
have the [G#] [D] umpires bark me [C] out at every base
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In all their holy [G] wrath
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_ It's a beautiful day for a funeral
_ _ _ [F] Hey Ernie, [F#m] let's play [C] to _
somebody _ _ [F] _ _
_ [F#m] go [D] get [C] Jack Brickhouse to [A] come back and
_ [D] Conduct just one more interview
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_ _ _ [C] Have the cubbies [G] run right out into the [C] middle of the field
_ Have [F] _ _
_ [D] Keith Morland [C] drop a routine fly
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Give [F#m] everybody two [C] bags of peanuts and a [A] frosty mall
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And I'll be ready to die
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_ _ _ [C] Then build a big [G] fire on home plate [C] out of Louisville slugger baseball bats [F] and _
[D] toss my [C] coffin in _
_ _ _ [F] _ Let [F#m] my ashes [D] blow [C] in a beautiful snow
[A] _ _ [D] From the prevailing 30 mile an [G] hour southwest wind _ and [C] as my last [G] remains go flying [C] over the left field wall
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Did the [D] bleacher bums [C] ado _ and _ [F] _ [F#m] I'll come to my [C] final resting place _
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out on Waveland [C] Avenue
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_ _ [C] _ The dying man's friends told him to cut that out.
He said stop [F] it.
[D] Well, that's an awful shame
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_ _ [F] But he said [F#m] don't cry
[D] _ _ [C] We'll [G#] meet by and [A] by [D] near that Heavenly Hall of Fame
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_ _ He said I've got seasons tickets to watch [C] the Angels now, _ _ _ [F] _ so that's [D] just what I'm gonna [C] do _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [D] He said well you the living [C] you're stuck here with the [A] Cubs
_ [D] So it's me that feels [G] sorry for you.
_ _ _ [C] And then he [G] said play that [C] lonesome losers tune
_ [F] Gosh, it's the one I [D] like the best
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_ _ _ _ [F] He [F#m] closed his [D] eyes and he slipped [C] away _
_ [A] _ [D] Well Mike it was the dying [G] Cub fans last [C] [G] request so here it is
_ [C] Do they still play the blues in Chicago?
_ _ _ _ [F] when baseball [D] season [C] rolls around
_ _ When [F] the snow [F#] melts away
[C] Do the Cubbies [A] still play [D] in their Ivy Cove repair your [G]
grind?
_ _ _ [C] When I was a boy, they were my pride and joy
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Now they [D] only three for [C] me _ _ _
[F] To the home of [D] the brave _
[C] the land of the [A] free [D] and the tournette _
and [G] the _ _ _ _ _ [C] Nationally
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