Sporting Life Blues chords by Jj Cale And Eric Clapton

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

C majorC A7A7 D7D7 G+G   C majorC A7A7 D7D7 G+G


Verse 1:

     C majorC         C7C7
I getting tired, of hanging ‘round.
       FF         F minorFm
Think I will marry, and settle down.
        C majorC     A7A7     D7D7     G+G
Cause this old nightlife,  this old sport life,
      C majorC  A7A7 D7D7 G+G
Is killing me.

Verse 2:

    C majorC        C7C7
I got a letter, from my home.
      FF           F minorFm
Most of my friends, are dead and gone.
      C majorC   A7A7      D7D7   G+G
I begin to worry,  I begin to wonder,
       C majorC   A7A7 D7D7 G+G
'Bout days to come.


Verse 3:

     C majorC        C7C7
My mother used to, talk to me.
       FF         F minorFm
I’s young and foolish, could not see.
       C majorC    A7A7        D7D7    G+G
Now I got no mother.  My sisters and brothers,
        C majorC  A7A7 D7D7 G+G
Don’t care for me.


Verse 4:

      C majorC        C7C7
I swear I’m gonna, change my ways.
       FF      F minorFm
I’m getting’ older, every day.
          C majorC    A7A7    D7D7  G+G
When I’s young and foolish,  it was easy,
      C majorC   A7A7 D7D7 G+G
To run and play.

Solo:

C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm C majorC A7A7 D7D7 G+G   C majorC A7A7 D7D7 G+G


Verse 5:

     C majorC         C7C7
I getting tired, of hanging ‘round.
       FF         F minorFm
Think I will marry, and settle down.
        C majorC     A7A7     D7D7      G+G
Cause this old nightlife,  this old sport life,
      C majorC  A7A7 D7D7 G+G
Is killing me.


Outro:

       C majorC     A7A7     D7D7      G+G
Yes, this old nightlife,  this old sport life,
      C majorC  A7A7 D7D7 G+G  C majorC