Decemberists - Sporting life

^GI fell on the playing feild ^EmThe work of an errant heel ^CThe din of the crowd and the loud commotion ^AmWhen deafening ^Dsilence and stopped motion ^GThe season was almost done ^EmWe'd managed it twelve to one ^CSo far I had known no humiliation ^AmIn front of my ^Dfriends and close relation

^Cmaj7There's my father looking on ^{G Cmaj7}And there's my girlfriend arm in ^Garm With the ^Emcaptain of the other team And ^Call of this is clear to me They ^Dcondescend to fix on me a ^Cfrown ^AmHow they ^Dlove The ^Gsporting life

^GAnd father had had such hopes ^EmFor a son who would take the ropes ^CAnd fufill all his old athletic aspirations ^AmBut apparently ^Dnow there's some complications ^GBut while I am lying here ^EmTrying to fight the tears ^CI'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger ^AmThough I think I might ^Dlie here a little longer

^Cmaj7'Cause there's my coach, he's looking down ^{G Cmaj7}The disappointment in his knitted brow ^G I ^Emshould have known he thinks again, &qu^Cot;I never should have put him in" He ^Dturns to load the lemonade a^Cway And ^Ambreathes in ^Ddeep The ^Gsporting life The ^Emsporting life The ^Csporting life How he ^Gloves

^Cmaj7There's my father looking on ^{G Cmaj7}And there's my girlfriend arm in ^Garm With the ^Emcaptain of the other team And ^Call of this is clear to me They ^Dcondescend to fix on me a ^Cfrown ^AmHow they ^Dlove The ^Gsporting life The ^Emsporting life The ^Csporting life How they ^Glove