Centerfield chords by Benjamin Gibbard

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

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

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

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

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