Chords for Dave Van Ronk - Sporting Life Blues

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_ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] I got a letter _ from _ _ my [C] home.
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_ Most of my _ friends [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ dead and gone.
[F] Make you worry, [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ make you [C] wonder _ _ _
[F] about times to come.
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_ _ [F] My old mother _ _ said to [C] me,
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[Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ you're so young and foolish [Bbm] child. _ _ _ _
You can't [Fm] see now I ain't got no [D] mother. _
_ _ [G] _ _ My [C] sister and my brother [Fm] turned their back [F] on [Bb] me. _
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_ _ [F] She used to fall on her knees,
_ _ [C] fall on her [Ab] knees and [Am] pray.
_ [Bb] _ _ These are the very, [Bbm] _ _ _ _ very words [F] she'd say,
you better [D] change, rearrange.
_ _ [G] _ _ Stop, [C] _ _
_ [F] stop your low down ways.
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_ _ _ [F] I've been a liar _ and a cheater [C] too.
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[Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Spent all my money [Bbm] _ _ _ on _ _ [F] boozing you,
but this old [D] _
nightlife, _ [G] _ _ this [C] sport life is [F] killing me.
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When [F] I was young _ _ _ _ and [C] feeling blue.
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[Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ All them young [Bbm] women _ would _ _ see [F] me through.
It makes you [D] sad, makes you [G] scared,
_ makes [C] you worry _
_ [F] what time can do.
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_ _ [F] _ I'm bound to change my ways.
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[D] _ _ [Bb] I'm getting _ older, _ [Bbm] _ _ each and every day,
[Fm] but this old _ [D] nightlife, _
_ [G] _ _ this sport [C] life [F] is killing me.
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[F] _ I'm tired _ of [C] running around,
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_ _ gonna get married [Bbm] and _ _ _ _ settle [F] down.
_ [D] This old nightlife, [G] it is a mean [C] life and [F] it's killing me.
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_ _ _ [F] I got a letter _ _ from _ [C] my home.
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_ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ Most of my friends [Bbm] are _ getting _ _ [F] gone.
Make you worry, [D] _ _
_ [G] make you worry,
[C] make you [F] wonder _ the [Bb] _ [Bbm] _
[F] times to come. _ _ _ _
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