"Play Ball"
CENTERFIELD - John Fogerty (Key of G / 145 BPM)
INTRO PART ONE: 3X
1/E |---------------------------------------|
2/B |--------------------------------0-3---|
3/G |-----------------0------2-0----------|
4/D |--------------2----0-4-------------0-|
5/A |----0-2-3-----------------------------|
6/E |-3-------------------------------------|
INTRO PART TWO: | C_ '_ | Bm_ '_ | Am ' ' ' ' ' ' ' | D ' ' ' ' ' ' ' | G | G |
VERSE 1:
WELL [G]BEAT THE DRUM AND HOLD THE PHONE,
THE [C]SUN CAME OUT TO[G]DAY
WE'RE BORN AGAIN THERE'S NEW GRASS ON THE [D]FIELD [D7]
A [G]ROUNDIN' THIRD AND HEADED FOR HOME,
IT'S A [C]BROWN-EYED HANDSOME [G]MAN
ANY[C]ONE CAN UNDER[D]STAND THE WAY I [G]FEEL
CHORUS:
OH [G]PUT ME IN COACH, I'M READY TO [C]PLAY, TO[G]DAY
PUT ME IN COACH, I'M READY TO [C]PLAY, TO[Bm]DAY
LOOK AT [Am]ME, I CAN [D7]BE, CENTER[G]FIELD | G |
VERSE 2:
WELL I [G]SPENT SOME TIME IN THE MUDVILLE NINE
[C]WATCHIN' IT FROM THE [G]BENCH
YOU KNOW I TOOK SOME LUMPS WHEN THE MIGHTY CASE STRUCK [D]OUT [D7]
SO [G]SAY HEY WILLIE, TELL THE COBB, AND [C]JOE DIMAGGI[G]O
DON'T [C]SAY IT AIN'T SO, YOU [D]KNOW THE TIME IS [G]NOW
CHORUS & INTRO PARTS ONE & TWO
VERSE 3:
GOT A [G]BEAT-UP GLOVE, A HOMEMADE BAT,
AND A [C]BRAND NEW PAIR OF [G]SHOES
YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S TIME TO GIVE THIS GAME A [D]RIDE [D7]
JUST TO [G]HIT THE BALL, AND TOUCH ‘EM ALL, A [C]MOMENT IN THE [G]SUN
IT'S [C]GONE AND YOU CAN [D]TELL THAT ONE GOOD[G]BYE
CHORUS 2X & INTRO PART TWO: | C_ '_ | Bm_ '_ | Am ' ' ' ' ' ' ' | D ' ' ' ' ' ' ' | G* |
(end 1st chorus early by replacing “centerfield†with the start of the chorus again... “oh put me in…â€)
(a slow down begins on D in the intro/outro, with a single G strum at the end)
E doesn't = MC2, E = Fb
Music "Theory"? "It's not just a theory, it's the way it is!"
Jonny T.
Thanks jonnyt. Gotta learn this one by Opening Day!
Go Yanks!
Well I got this guitar and I'm tryin' to learn how to make it talk.
GO CARDS!
E doesn't = MC2, E = Fb
Music "Theory"? "It's not just a theory, it's the way it is!"
Jonny T.
