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Sporting Life Blues Chords

[Intro]
 
C  A7  D7  G     C  A7  D7  G
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
            C                 C7
I'm getting tired of hanging ‘round.
             F                 Bb7
Think I will marry, and settle down.
               C          
Cause this old nightlife, 
A7       D7            G
this old sportin' life, 
           C   A7  D7  G
Is killing me. 
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
        C               C7
I got a letter, from my home.
           F                     Bb7
Most of my friends, are dead and gone.
           C      A7            D7      G
I begin to worry,    I begin to wonder,   
              C     A7  D7  G
'Bout days to come. 
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
          C                C7
My mother used to, talk to me. 
                F                  Bb7
I was young and foolish, could not see.
             C       A7 
Now I got no mother.    
               D7        G
My sisters and brothers,   
               C   A7  D7  G
Don’t care for me.
 
 
[Solo]
 
C  C7  F  Bb7  C  A7  D7  G     C  A7  D7  G
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
            C               C7
I swear I’m gonna change my ways.
            F           Bb7
I’m gettin’ older every day.
                     C        A7 
When I was young and foolish,    
       D7      G
it was so easy,   
           C     A7  D7  G
To run and play. 
 
 
[Verse 5]
 
            C                  C7
I'm gettin' tired, of hanging ‘round.
           F                 Bb7
Think I'll marry, and settle down.
               C          A7 
Cause this old nightlife,    
         D7            G
this old sportin' life, 
           C   A7  D7  G
Is killing me.
 
 
[Outro]
 
              C          A7 
Yes, this old nightlife,    
         D7            G
this old sportin' life, 
           C   A7  D7  G    C
Is killing me.
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