Chords with lyrics
Verse:
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My name is Eddie Roberts
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I'm a starting pitcher
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For the Winston Salem Warthogs
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In the Carolina league
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I'm thirty-four years old
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My playing days are numbered
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I can't control my curve ball
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My fastball's lost some speed
Verse:
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I've been knockin' around in the minors
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Since I got out of high school
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I signed my first pro contract on my seventeenth birthday
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Burlington to Birmingham, to Charlotte I've travelled
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But the White Sox never called and I stalled in triple A augmentedA
Chorus:
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But I love this game
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God I love this game
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Maybe I should quit
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That's a hard thing to admit
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'Cause I love this game
Verse:
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I won fourteen games one year
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I lead the league in shut-outs
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Several of the pro scouts told me I was on my way
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I hurt my arm in Lynchburg, they said it was a pinched nerve
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I swear ever since sir, it ain't never been the same
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD G+G
But I love this game
C majorC D MajorD G+G
God I love this game
C majorC D MajorD
May be time to quit
G+G E minorEm
That's hard to admit
C majorC D MajorD G+G
'Cause I love this game
Post-Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD
Maybe time to quit
G+G E minorEm
That's a hard to admit
C majorC D MajorD G+G
'Cause I love this Game
Outro:
G+G
My name is Eddie Roberts
C majorC G+G
I'm a startin’ pitcher
C majorC G+G
For the Winston Salem Warthogs
D MajorD G+G