Chords with lyrics
♫ Intro:
C majorC
♫ Verse 1:
C majorC
Pete chalks the ballfields down at Dennis Linde park
C majorC
Turns the sprinklers on at sun-up and the lights on after dark
C majorC
If you got time to talk, he'll give you his two cents
C majorC
The grass is always greener on his side of the fence
C majorC
Yeah
♫ Verse 2:
C majorC
He lost his wife to cancer and a thumb in Vietnam
C majorC
Jokes he used to be a hitchhiker but not for very long
C majorC
He runs off the gophers in a golf cart full of dents
C majorC
And the grass is always greener cause he makes sure it is
C majorC
Yeah
♫ Chorus:
FF
Says you're old as you feel, and I feel 35
C majorC
And any day you wake up's a damn good day to be alive
FF
Soak it in when you win 'cause you can't win 'em all
A minorAm G+G
Go to church, love your mama
C majorC
And play ball
♫ Verse 3:
C majorC
I broke into concessions once, but he didn't call the cops
C majorC
He just made me clean the grease traps and replace the bubble pops
C majorC
That's the spring that daddy left, he knew I was actin' out
C majorC
And when I hit my first homerun, he took me to Golden Corral
Yeah
♫ Chorus:
FF
Says you're old as you feel, and I feel 35
C majorC
And any day you wake up's a damn good day to be alive
FF
Soak it in when you win 'cause you can't win 'em all
A minorAm G+G
Go to church, love your mama
C majorC
And play ball
♫ Solo:
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
G+G A augmentedA B minorBm
G+G A augmentedA G+G
G MajorG A augmentedA D MajorD
♫ Outro:
D MajorD
Someone to put the time in or fill an empty seat
D MajorD
The world would be a better place if we all had a Pete