Chords for Happy Traum - Sporting Life Blues - Live at McCabe's

_ I was very lucky early on when I was playing the guitar that I got to study
in person for a couple of years on and off with Brownie McGee. _
You know, remember Brownie? _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ Brownie was not only a really good guitar player and
singer but he was also a really good songwriter and he wrote several classic
blues songs and this is one of them.
It's probably my favorite of [C] songs [E] that he
wrote and [D] recorded many times by many people.
It's a pretty well-known song but I
still love it.
Sportin' Life Blues.
_ _ [Gm] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ You know I'm [E] tired of running around
[Bm] _ _ [A] Think I'll get married, [B] think I'll settle down
[Am] _ _ This [E] old [C#] nightlife, _ [F#] _ this sportin' [B] life
It's [E] killing me
_ _ _ [E] _ [A#] _ [F#] I got [Em] a letter _ from [D] my home
_ Most of my friends, [A] they're dead and [Am] gone _
[E] It'll make you wonder, _ [C#] _ [F#] friends it'll make you [B] worry
About days to come
_ [F#] _ [E] _ _
[F#m] Cause I've been a [Em] liar, I've been [D] a cheater too
And now it's come my [A] [Am] time to lose _
[E] This old nightlife, [G#m] this old sportin' life
[F#m] It's [E] killing me
[A] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _
[B] My mother used to say [D] to me
So [A] young and foolish, I [Am] could not see
_ She'd say, son, [G#] _ [F#] oh son
You [B] better change your dirty [Am] ways
[A#m] _ _ _
Well now [G] I'm going to [D] change my way
Cause I'm getting older, _ [A] [Am] aging every day _
This old nightlife, [C#] this [F#] old sportin' life
[E] It's killing me
[D] _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C#] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ There ain't but [C#] one thing that I [D] done wrong
I played this [A] sportin' life way too [Am] long
_ It's been a hard life, _ [C#] it's been a mean life
And [Em] it's killing me
_ _ [E] _ Yes, this old nightlife, _ [F#] this old sportin' life
[B] _ It's killing [Em] me
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ Thank you