Tuning:

First 2 lines of Verse 1 and Verse 3 are to be played lightly, with ringing chords. Pick up main strum pattern after those, and for all other parts of the song except for the Bridge which is also played with ringing chords rather than strumming (not lightly). [Intro] D Dsus4 D Dsus4 [Verse 1]

^DWhen he was a kid, he'd be up at 5, take ^Dsus4shots to 8, make the thing drive ^DOut after school, back on ice, ^Dsus4that was his life, he was gonna play in the ^DBig League

^Cadd9Ahhhhh-^GOhhh, the ^DBig League ^Dsus2 ^D ^Dsus2 [Verse 2] ^DNot many ways out of this ^Dsus4cold n^Dorthern town, y^Cadd9ou work in the mill and get ^Glaid in the ground

^DIf your gonna jump it will ^Dsus4be wit^Dh the game, ^Cadd9real fast & tough is the ^Gonly clear lane to the ^DBig League ^Cadd9Ahhhhh-^GOhhhhh

[Chorus]

^DMy boy's gonna play in the big league, ^Cadd9my boy's gonna ^Gturn some heads, ^DMy boy's gonna play in the big league, ^Cadd9my boy's gonna ^Gknock 'em dead

^Cadd9Ahhhhh-^GOhhh, the ^DBig League [Verse 2] ^DAll the right moves when he ^Dsus4turned ^D18, ^Cadd9scholarship and school on a ^Gbig US team

^DOut with his girl near ^Dsus4Lake M^DcLean, hit a ^Cadd9truck doing 70 ^Gin the wrong lane to the ^DBig League ^Cadd9Ahhhhh-^GOhhhhh

[Chorus]

^DMy boy's gonna play in the big league, ^Cadd9my boy's gonna ^Gturn some heads, ^DMy boy's gonna play in the big league, ^Cadd9my boy's gonna ^Gknock 'em dead

^Cadd9Ahhhhh-^GOhhh [Bridge] ^Cadd9You Never can tell what might come down, ^Dyou never can tell when you might check out

^Cadd9Just don't know, no, you never can tell ^G [Guitar break] D D D D

[Verse 3]

^DSometimes at night you can hear the ice crack, it ^Dsus4sounds like thunder and rips thru my back ^DSometimes in the morning I still hear the sound, ^Dsus4ice meets metal, Can't you drive me down to the B^Dig League

^Cadd9Ahhhhh-^GOhhh

[Chorus]

^DMy boy's gonna play in the big league, ^Cadd9my boy's gonna ^Gturn some heads, ^DMy boy's gonna play in the big league, ^Cadd9my boy's gonna ^Gknock 'em dead

^Cadd9Ahhhhh-^GOhhh [Verse 4] ^DYou never can tell what might come down, you ^Cadd9never can tell when you ^Gmight check out

^DJust don't know, no, you never can tell, so ^Cadd9do right to others like you ^Gdo to yourself in the ^DBig League ^Cadd9Ahhhhh-^GOhhh, the ^DBig League

^Cadd9Ahhhhh-^GOhhh, the ^DBig League [Outro] D Dsus4

x4 to fade End on D

Tom Cochrane - Big league