Talkin Softball chords by The Simpsons

Chords with lyrics

The Simpsons - Talkin' Softball (music by Terry Cashman)

Capo 1

intro:
G+G G#dim7G#dim7 A minorAm D7D7

verse:
   G+G       Gmaj7/F#
Well, Mr. Burns had done it,
   G7/F      G6/EG6/E
The Power Plant had won it,
   A minorAm      AmMaj7Ammaj7      Am7Am7  D7D7
With Roger Clemens clucking all the while,
   A minorAm        AmMaj7Ammaj7      Am7Am7  D7D7
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness made us smile,
    D7D7        A minorAm       Fdim/G#  D7D7
While Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the bar-room tile.

chorus:
        G+G G#dim7G#dim7
We're talkin' softball,
   A minorAm      D7D7
From Maine to San Diego,
     G+G G#dim7G#dim7
Talkin' softball,
 A minorAm      D7D7
Mattingly and Canseco,
   A minorAm      D7D7       A minorAm  D7D7
Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw,
 A minorAm        D7D7       A minorAm  D7D7
Steve Sax and his run-in with the law,
        A minorAm   Am/B D7D7
We're talkin' Homer,
        G+G  G#dim7G#dim7  A minorAm D7D7
Ozzie and the Straw.


the less common chords:

G#dim7G#dim7  4x343x (you can leave the high E MajorE string open if you want to)
AmMaj7Ammaj7  x02110
Fdim/G# xxx101
Am/B   x2x210 (it's just a little walkup to the D7D7)

During the verse I play these chords as follows:

G+G    xx5003
Gmaj7/F# xx4002
G7/F   xx3001
G6/EG6/E   xx2000
A minorAm    xx2210
AmMaj7Ammaj7  xx2110
Am7Am7   xx2010
D7D7    xx0212
thumb strike^ the third string on the A minorAm chords to emphasize the walkdown.

transcribed by: robertdanielmaher (at) gmail (dot) com