Chords with lyrics
CAPO: 5
Intro: C majorC
verse 1
FF
I was born in Oklahoma
C majorC
Nineteen thirty-one
FF
Outside the town of Spavinaw
C majorC FF
Where the red dust clouds the sun
G+G
And I ran beneath your diamond skies
C majorC FF
And I drank your waves of grain
E minorEm A minorAm
My name is Mickey Mantle, boys
Bb majorBb G+G
And baseball is my game
verse 2
C majorC FF
My father's name was 'Mutt', boy
C majorC
And he worked down in the mines
FF
He pitched to me in the evening
C majorC FF
At least a thousand times
G+G
A augmentedA thousand times again
C majorC FF
In my nightmare and my dreams
E minorEm A minorAm
You're gonna live in the house that Ruth built, kid
Bb majorBb G+G
You're gonna make that Yankee team
verse 3
C majorC FF
Sure enough, the Yankee scout comes driving
C majorC
Right down Route 66
FF
He'd have never come to Spavinaw
C majorC
Class D MajorD ball in the sticks
FF G+G
But I happened to be playing in an old wood ballpark
C majorC FF
Way out on the Mother Road
E minorEm A minorAm
That Yankee scout he signed me
Bb majorBb G+G
And I went up to the show
verse 4
C majorC FF
Strike 1, that was the drinking
C majorC
Strike 2, there go the knees
FF
Then my old man died in Denver
C majorC
Some type of lung disease
FF G+G
When god starts throwing changeups
C majorC FF
You can't swing with fame or wealth
E minorEm A minorAm
If I'd known I's gonna live this long
Bb majorBb G+G
I'd taken care of myself
Instrumental
G+G C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC
Verse 5
FF
I don't miss the lights of Times Square
C majorC
I don't miss Toots Shore's bar
FF
I miss my old man pitching baseball
C majorC
Near the shed in our backyard
FF G+G
I wish that he were still around
C majorC FF
To see these trophies on my shelf
E minorEm A minorAm
If I'd a-known I was going to live this long
Bb majorBb G+G
I'd taken better care of myself
Outro:
C majorC FF
I was born in Oklahoma
C majorC
Nineteen thirty-one
FF
Outside the town of Spavinaw
C majorC
Where the red dust clouds the sun