The Ballplayer chords by Joe Purdy

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Intermediate

GREAT SONG, IN CONVERSATIONAL STYLE, PLAYED IN PIANO AND REPEATING THE SAME PROGRESSION OVER
AND OVER AGAIN. IT'S JUST ONE LONG VERSE. PLAY THE CHORDS LOOSE, AS THOUGH BEING PLAYED ON THE KEYS....

Verse:
G+G     G7G7       C majorC        D MajorD
Long shot gone, it was a cold day for the losers
G+G     E minorEm         C majorC      D MajorD
Who came down to Savannah to play for the weekend
G+G            G7G7            C majorC           D MajorD
And don't let 'em slip away, boys, 'cause they'll catch you if you ain't lookin'
     G+G         E minorEm         C majorC      D MajorD
Keep your mitts up and your caps down at the ballpark

G+G                  G7G7      C majorC         D MajorD
She said we were both somethin' back then, had the whole world at our fingers
G+G                   E minorEm           C majorC      D MajorD
and I still remember the day that they called you up for the big show
G+G             G7G7       C majorC      D MajorD
And you could have had me still, no but you never do listen
G+G               E minorEm        C majorC        D MajorD       G+G
You were too busy packin' your bags for the big lights, the big city, and Spring

Interlude:
G+G  G7G7  C majorC   D MajorD

Verse:
G+G                  G7G7       C majorC      D MajorD
He said, I thought I was made outta gold, my big games, my big moments
G+G                   E minorEm         C majorC      D MajorD
'til I threw out my shoulder and they sent me back to the farm league
G+G                  G7G7      C majorC       D MajorD
Yeah, and these days, the best I can do is to keep cold ice on my good arm
G+G               E minorEm        C majorC     D MajorD
And sometimes it hangs to my side in these late innings

G+G           G7G7       C majorC     D MajorD
And all my ramblin' around and all my shameful days
G+G             E minorEm        C majorC      D MajorD
The biggest mistake that I made was to leave you back in Georgia
G+G                   G7G7      C majorC        D MajorD
And I'm just a washed up ballplayer at best, but I did keep all of my earnin's
G+G                    E minorEm        C majorC         D MajorD        G+G
I still got one good arm to hold ya, and one to pay anyone anywhere you think you might wanna go
  G7G7       C majorC        D MajorD
Anywhere you think you might wanna go

Interlude:
G+G  G7G7  C majorC  D MajorD

Verse:
G+G               G7G7      C majorC       D MajorD
She said it seems so silly now, Lord knows you don't deserve it
G+G              E minorEm       C majorC       D MajorD
With your lost towns and the highways and young girls and tears
G+G             G7G7     C majorC              D MajorD
But I'd give an old man a chance, one more to see just what you're made of
G+G                 E minorEm       C majorC         D MajorD      G+G
'Cause you're only as good as the woman who will wait for you after all these years

Interlude:
G7G7  C majorC  D MajorD
G+G  E minorEm  C majorC  G+G

Verse:
G+G                G7G7      C majorC      D MajorD
She said take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd
G+G              E minorEm            C majorC     D MajorD
And buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks and I don't care if I ever get back
     G+G             G7G7        C majorC        D MajorD
For it's root baby root for the home team, if they don't win, it's a shame
    G+G      E minorEm               C majorC  D MajorD   G+G
Oh it's one...two...three strikes you're out at the old ball game

Outro:
G7G7 C majorC  D MajorD  G+G