Sporting Life Blues chords by Jj Cale And Eric Clapton

Intro:

C  A7  D7  G     C  A7  D7  G


Verse 1:

          C                 C7
I getting tired, of hanging ‘round.
             F                 Fm
Think I will marry, and settle down.
               C          A7          D7          G
Cause this old nightlife,    this old sport life,
           C   A7  D7  G
Is killing me.

Verse 2:

        C               C7
I got a letter, from my home.
           F                     Fm
Most of my friends, are dead and gone.
           C      A7            D7      G
I begin to worry,    I begin to wonder,
              C     A7  D7  G
'Bout days to come.


Verse 3:

          C                C7
My mother used to, talk to me.
              F                  Fm
I’s young and foolish, could not see.
             C       A7                D7        G
Now I got no mother.    My sisters and brothers,
               C   A7  D7  G
Don’t care for me.


Verse 4:

            C                C7
I swear I’m gonna, change my ways.
             F            Fm
I’m getting’ older, every day.
                   C        A7        D7    G
When I’s young and foolish,    it was easy,
           C     A7  D7  G
To run and play.


Solo:

C  C7  F  Fm  C  A7  D7  G     C  A7  D7  G


Verse 5:

          C                  C7
I getting tired, of hanging ‘round.
             F                 Fm
Think I will marry, and settle down.
               C          A7          D7           G
Cause this old nightlife,    this old sport life,
           C   A7  D7  G
Is killing me.


Outro:

              C          A7          D7           G
Yes, this old nightlife,    this old sport life,
           C   A7  D7  G    C