J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton - Sporting Life Blues Chords

Tempo:
75.6 bpm
Chords used:

C

D

G

A

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton - Sporting Life Blues chords
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One, two, [G] three.
[C]
[Dm] [C] [A] [D]
[G] [C] [G] I'm [Ab] [C] getting tired of hanging around.
Think I [F] will marry and [D] settle down.
Cause this [C] old night, this [D] old sport of mine [G] is [C] killing me.
[A]
[D] [G] [A] I got [C] a letter from [Gm] my home.
[Am] [Gm] Most of [F] my friends are [D] getting gone.
I began [C] to worry, [A] I [D] began to wonder,
[G] Bad [C] days to [A] come.
[D] [G] [C] My mother used to talk to me.
[F] I was young and foolish, you [D] could not see.
[Fm] [C] Now I got no mother, [A]
[Gb] my sisters and brothers [G] [C] don't care for me.
[A]
[D] [G] [C] [C]
[F]
[D] [C] [C] [A]
[C] I [G] [C] [A]
[D] [G] [C]
[B] [F]
[D] [Ab] [C]
[Gb] [C] [Ebm] [C] [Am]
[D] [G] [Dm] swear [C] I'm gonna [Am] change [Gm] my ways.
[Am] [Gm] I'm [F] getting older every
[D] day.
When I [C] was young and foolish, [A] it [D] was so easy [G] to run [C] and play.
[A]
[D] [G] [C] I'm getting tired of hanging [Gm] around.
[C] Think I [F] will marry [Bb] and settle [Fm] down.
Cause this [C] old night, this [A] [Am]
old sport of [G] mine [C] is killing me.
[A] This old [D] night, this old [G] sport of mine is [C] killing [F] me.
[C] [F] [C]
Key:  
C
3211
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
F
134211111
C
3211
D
1321
G
2131
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To learn Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale - Sporting Life Blues chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: D, G, C, A, D, C and D. For best results, commence at 37 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 76. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: C Major.

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One, two, [G] three.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
[G] _ [C] [G] I'm [Ab] [C] getting tired of hanging around.
Think I [F] will marry _ and [D] settle down.
Cause this [C] old night, _ this [D] old sport of mine [G] is [C] killing me.
_ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] [A] I got [C] a letter from [Gm] my home.
[Am] [Gm] Most of [F] my friends are _ [D] getting gone.
I began [C] to worry, [A] I [D] began to wonder,
[G] Bad [C] days to [A] come. _
[D] _ _ [G] [C] My mother used to _ talk to me.
_ [F] I was young and foolish, you [D] could not see.
_ [Fm] [C] Now I got no mother, [A]
[Gb] my sisters and brothers [G] [C] don't care for me.
[A] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [C] _ _ [A] _
[C] I _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [C] _ [Ebm] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] [Dm] swear [C] I'm gonna _ [Am] change [Gm] my ways.
[Am] [Gm] I'm [F] getting older every _
[D] day.
When I [C] was young and foolish, [A] it [D] was so easy [G] to run [C] and play.
_ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] [C] I'm getting tired of hanging [Gm] around.
_ [C] Think I [F] will marry [Bb] and settle _ [Fm] down.
Cause this [C] old night, this [A] _ [Am]
old sport of [G] mine [C] is killing me. _ _
[A] This old [D] night, this old [G] sport of mine is [C] killing [F] me.
[C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song is part of The Road to Escondido album.

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