Decemberists - Sporting life

^Gmaj7I fell on the playing field ^Emthe work of an errant heel ^Cadd9the din of the crowd and the loud commotion ^Amwent deafening silence ^Dsus2and stopped emotion ^Gmaj7the season was almost done ^Emwe managed it 12 to 1 ^Cadd9so far I had known no humiliation ^Amin front of my friends a^Dsus2nd close relations

^Cmaj7There's my father looking ^Gmaj7on ^Cmaj7and there's my girlfriend arm in ^Gmaj7arm ^Emwith the captain of the other team ^Cadd9and all of this is clear to me ^Dsus2they condescend and fix on me a ^Cadd9frown ^Amhow they ^Dsus2love ^Gmaj7the sporting life

^Gmaj7And father had had such hopes ^Emfor a son who would take the ropes ^Cadd9and fulfill all his old athletic aspirations ^Ambut apparently ^Dsus2now there's some complications ^Gmaj7but while I am lying here ^Emtrying to fight the tears ^Cadd9I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger ^Amthough I think I might ^Dsus2lie here a little longer

^Cmaj7There's my coach he's looking ^Gmaj7down ^Cmaj7the disappointment in his knitted ^Gmaj7brow ^EmI should've known he thinks again ^Cadd9I never should have put him in ^Dsus2he turns and loads the ^Cadd9lemonade away ^Amand breathes in ^Dsus2deep ^Gmaj7the sporting life ^Emthe sporting life ^Cadd9the sporting life ^Gmaj7how he loves...

^Cmaj7There's my father looking ^Gmaj7on ^Cmaj7and there's my girlfriend arm in ^Gmaj7arm ^Emwith the captain of the other team ^Cadd9and all of this is clear to me ^Dsus2they condescend and fix on me a ^Cadd9frown ^Amhow they ^Dsus2love ^Gmaj7the sporting life ^Emthe sporting life ^Cadd9the sporting life ^Gmaj7how they love...