Chords with lyrics
G+G
I fell on the playing field
E minorEm
The work of an errant heel
C majorC
The din of the crowd and the loud commotion
A minorAm 
D MajorD
When deafening silence and stopped motion
G+G
The season was almost done
E minorEm
We'd managed it twelve to one
C majorC
So far I had known no humiliation
A minorAm D MajorD
In front of my friends and close relation
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
There's my father looking on
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
E minorEm
With the captain of the other team
C majorC
And all of this is clear to me
D MajorD C majorC
They condescend to fix on me a frown
A minorAm D MajorD
How they love
G+G
The sporting life
G+G
And father had had such hopes
E minorEm
For a son who would take the ropes
C majorC
And fufill all his old athletic aspirations
A minorAm D MajorD
But apparently now there's some complications
G+G
But while I am lying here
E minorEm
Trying to fight the tears
C majorC
I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger
A minorAm D MajorD
Though I think I might lie here a little longer
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
Cause there's my coach he's looking down
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
The disappointment in his knitted brow
E minorEm
I should have known he thinks again
C majorC
I never should have put him in
D MajorD C majorC
He turns to load the lemonade away
A minorAm D MajorD
And breathes in deep
G+G
The sporting life
E minorEm
The sporting life
C majorC
The sporting life
G+G
How he loves
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
There's my father looking on
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
E minorEm
With the captain of the other team
C majorC
And all of this is clear to me
D MajorD C majorC
They condescend to fix on me a frown
A minorAm D MajorD
How they love
G+G
The sporting life
E minorEm
The sporting life
C majorC
The sporting life
G+G
How they love
Other versions of The Decemberists - The Sporting Life
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