Centerfield chords by Benjamin Gibbard

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
    C majorC                   FF       C majorC
Well, beat the drum and hold the phone - the sun came out today!
    C majorC         A minorAm         G+G
We're born again, there's new grass on the field.
  C majorC                      FF         C majorC
A-roundin' third, and headed for home, it's a brown-eyed handsome man
  FF       G+G       C majorC
Anyone can understand the way I feel.

Chorus:
   C majorC                FF   C majorC
Oh, put me in, coach, I'm ready to play today
                 FF   C/EC/E
Put me in, coach, I'm ready to play today
    G+G         C majorC
Look at me, I can be centerfield.

Verse 2:
     C majorC                  FF          C majorC
Well I spent some time in the mudville nine watchin it from the bench
      C majorC            A minorAm         G+G
You know I took some lumps when the mighty Case struck out.
  C majorC                FF     C majorC
So say hey willie, tell Ty Cobb and Joe Dimaggio
    FF           G+G        C majorC
Don't say 'it ain't so', you know the time is now.

Chorus:
   C majorC                FF   C majorC
Oh, put me in, coach, I'm ready to play today
                 FF   C/EC/E
Put me in, coach, I'm ready to play today
    G+G         C majorC
Look at me, I can be centerfield.
Interlude (same as intro)

Verse 3:
    C majorC                  FF         C majorC
Got a beat-up glove, a homemade bat, and brand-new pair of shoes
       C majorC         A minorAm        G+G
You know I think it's time to give this game a ride.
     C majorC                 FF       C majorC
Just to hit the ball and touch 'em all - a moment in the sun
      FF        G+G         C majorC
(pop) it's gone and you can tell that one goodbye!

Chorus:
   C majorC                FF   C majorC
Oh, put me in, coach, I'm ready to play today
                 FF   C/EC/E
Put me in, coach, I'm ready to play today
    G+G
Look at me, (yeah) I could be (centerfield)
   C majorC                FF   C majorC
Oh, put me in, coach, I'm ready to play today
                 FF   C/EC/E
Put me in, coach, I'm ready to play today
    G+G         C majorC
Look at me, gotta be centerfield. yeah!
|FF   |C/EC/E  |G+G   | %  |C majorC