Chords for Loyal Garner - Blind Man In The Bleachers
Tempo:
69.75 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Bb
Eb
B
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] [Ab] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] He's just a [Ab] blind man in the bleachers [Bb] to the local hometown [Ab] fans.
[Eb] [Bb] And he sits [Cm] beneath those speakers, [F] oh, way back in the [Bb] stands.
[Eb] He listens [Ab] to each play-by-play, [Bb] waiting [Ab] for one name.
[F] He wants to [Bb] hear his son get [Eb] in the game.
[Ab]
[Bb] The [Ab] [Eb] boy's just [Ab] not a hero, [Bb] he's strictly [Ab] second team.
[Eb] Though he [Bb] runs each [Cm] night for touchdowns in his [F] father's [Bb] sweetest dreams.
[Eb] He's gonna [Ab] be a star someday, [Bb] though you might [Ab] never tell.
[F] But the blind [Bb] man in the bleachers [Eb] knows he [Ab] will.
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] And the last game [Ab] of the season [Bb] is a Friday night [Eb] at home.
And no one [Ab] knows the reason, [Bb] but the blind man didn't come.
[Ab] His boy looks [Bb] kind and nervous, [Eb] sometimes [Bb] turns [Cm] around and stares.
[Fm] Just as [Bbm] though he sees [Eb] his father [Ab] sitting [Eb] there.
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb] The local [Ab] boys are trying, [Bb] but they slowly [Ab] lose their way.
[Eb] [Bb] Another [Cm] player's down and out, [F] he's carried from [Bb] the field.
[Eb] At [Ab] halftime at the locker room, [Bb] the kid goes [Ab] off alone.
[F] No one sees [Bb] him talking [Eb] on the phone.
[Ab] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] And the game's [Ab] already started [Bb] when he runs back to [Eb] the team.
And half the crowd [Ab] could hear his coach [Bb] yell,
Hey, where the hell you been?
[Ab] Getting ready for [Bb] the second half [Eb] was [Bb] all that he [Cm] could say.
[Fm] And coach, nah, [F] you're gonna let me [Bb] in to play.
[B]
[E] Without [A] another word, he [B] turns and runs into [E] the game.
And through the [A] silence on the field, [B] loudspeakers call his name.
[A] It'll make the [B] local papers [E] how the team [Abm] came [Dbm] from behind
[Gbm] when they saw him [B] playing out his [E] heart.
[A] And when [B] the [A] [E] game [A] was over, [B] his coach asked him [A] to tell
what [E] was [Abm] it he [Db] was thinking of [Gb] that made him play [B] so well.
[E] Well, you knew my [A] father was blind, he said.
[B] Well, [E] tonight [A] he passed away.
[Gb] It's the first time [B] that my father saw [N] me play.
[E] [A]
[E] [B] [A] Mmm.
[E]
[Eb] [Ab] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] He's just a [Ab] blind man in the bleachers [Bb] to the local hometown [Ab] fans.
[Eb] [Bb] And he sits [Cm] beneath those speakers, [F] oh, way back in the [Bb] stands.
[Eb] He listens [Ab] to each play-by-play, [Bb] waiting [Ab] for one name.
[F] He wants to [Bb] hear his son get [Eb] in the game.
[Ab]
[Bb] The [Ab] [Eb] boy's just [Ab] not a hero, [Bb] he's strictly [Ab] second team.
[Eb] Though he [Bb] runs each [Cm] night for touchdowns in his [F] father's [Bb] sweetest dreams.
[Eb] He's gonna [Ab] be a star someday, [Bb] though you might [Ab] never tell.
[F] But the blind [Bb] man in the bleachers [Eb] knows he [Ab] will.
[Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] And the last game [Ab] of the season [Bb] is a Friday night [Eb] at home.
And no one [Ab] knows the reason, [Bb] but the blind man didn't come.
[Ab] His boy looks [Bb] kind and nervous, [Eb] sometimes [Bb] turns [Cm] around and stares.
[Fm] Just as [Bbm] though he sees [Eb] his father [Ab] sitting [Eb] there.
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb] The local [Ab] boys are trying, [Bb] but they slowly [Ab] lose their way.
[Eb] [Bb] Another [Cm] player's down and out, [F] he's carried from [Bb] the field.
[Eb] At [Ab] halftime at the locker room, [Bb] the kid goes [Ab] off alone.
[F] No one sees [Bb] him talking [Eb] on the phone.
[Ab] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] And the game's [Ab] already started [Bb] when he runs back to [Eb] the team.
And half the crowd [Ab] could hear his coach [Bb] yell,
Hey, where the hell you been?
[Ab] Getting ready for [Bb] the second half [Eb] was [Bb] all that he [Cm] could say.
[Fm] And coach, nah, [F] you're gonna let me [Bb] in to play.
[B]
[E] Without [A] another word, he [B] turns and runs into [E] the game.
And through the [A] silence on the field, [B] loudspeakers call his name.
[A] It'll make the [B] local papers [E] how the team [Abm] came [Dbm] from behind
[Gbm] when they saw him [B] playing out his [E] heart.
[A] And when [B] the [A] [E] game [A] was over, [B] his coach asked him [A] to tell
what [E] was [Abm] it he [Db] was thinking of [Gb] that made him play [B] so well.
[E] Well, you knew my [A] father was blind, he said.
[B] Well, [E] tonight [A] he passed away.
[Gb] It's the first time [B] that my father saw [N] me play.
[E] [A]
[E] [B] [A] Mmm.
[E]
Key:
Ab
Bb
Eb
B
E
Ab
Bb
Eb
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] He's just a [Ab] blind man in the bleachers [Bb] to the local hometown [Ab] fans. _
[Eb] [Bb] And he sits [Cm] beneath those speakers, [F] oh, way back in the [Bb] stands. _
[Eb] He listens [Ab] to each play-by-play, [Bb] waiting [Ab] for one name.
[F] He wants to [Bb] hear his son get [Eb] in the game.
[Ab] _ _
[Bb] The [Ab] _ _ [Eb] boy's just [Ab] not a hero, [Bb] he's strictly [Ab] second team.
[Eb] Though he [Bb] runs each [Cm] night for touchdowns in his [F] father's [Bb] sweetest dreams.
[Eb] He's gonna [Ab] be a star someday, [Bb] though you might [Ab] never tell.
[F] But the blind [Bb] man in the bleachers [Eb] knows he [Ab] will.
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] And the last game [Ab] of the season [Bb] is a Friday night [Eb] at home.
And no one [Ab] knows the reason, [Bb] but the blind man didn't come.
[Ab] His boy looks [Bb] kind and nervous, [Eb] sometimes [Bb] turns [Cm] around and stares.
[Fm] Just as [Bbm] though he sees [Eb] his father _ [Ab] sitting [Eb] there.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] The local [Ab] boys are trying, [Bb] but they slowly [Ab] lose their way.
[Eb] [Bb] Another [Cm] player's down and out, [F] he's carried from [Bb] the field.
[Eb] At [Ab] halftime at the locker room, [Bb] the kid goes [Ab] off alone.
[F] No one sees [Bb] him talking [Eb] on the phone.
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] And the game's [Ab] already started [Bb] when he runs back to [Eb] the team.
And half the crowd [Ab] could hear his coach [Bb] yell,
Hey, where the hell you been?
[Ab] Getting ready for [Bb] the second half [Eb] was [Bb] all that he [Cm] could say.
[Fm] And coach, nah, [F] you're gonna let me [Bb] in to play.
[B] _
[E] Without [A] another word, he [B] turns and runs into [E] the game.
And through the [A] silence on the field, [B] loudspeakers call his name.
[A] It'll make the [B] local papers [E] how the team [Abm] came [Dbm] from behind
[Gbm] when they saw him [B] playing out his [E] heart.
[A] And when [B] the _ [A] _ _ [E] game [A] was over, [B] his coach asked him [A] to tell
what [E] was [Abm] it he [Db] was thinking of [Gb] that made him play [B] so well.
[E] Well, you knew my [A] father was blind, he said.
[B] Well, [E] tonight [A] he passed away.
[Gb] It's the first time [B] that my father saw [N] me play.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [B] _ [A] _ Mmm.
[E] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] He's just a [Ab] blind man in the bleachers [Bb] to the local hometown [Ab] fans. _
[Eb] [Bb] And he sits [Cm] beneath those speakers, [F] oh, way back in the [Bb] stands. _
[Eb] He listens [Ab] to each play-by-play, [Bb] waiting [Ab] for one name.
[F] He wants to [Bb] hear his son get [Eb] in the game.
[Ab] _ _
[Bb] The [Ab] _ _ [Eb] boy's just [Ab] not a hero, [Bb] he's strictly [Ab] second team.
[Eb] Though he [Bb] runs each [Cm] night for touchdowns in his [F] father's [Bb] sweetest dreams.
[Eb] He's gonna [Ab] be a star someday, [Bb] though you might [Ab] never tell.
[F] But the blind [Bb] man in the bleachers [Eb] knows he [Ab] will.
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] And the last game [Ab] of the season [Bb] is a Friday night [Eb] at home.
And no one [Ab] knows the reason, [Bb] but the blind man didn't come.
[Ab] His boy looks [Bb] kind and nervous, [Eb] sometimes [Bb] turns [Cm] around and stares.
[Fm] Just as [Bbm] though he sees [Eb] his father _ [Ab] sitting [Eb] there.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] The local [Ab] boys are trying, [Bb] but they slowly [Ab] lose their way.
[Eb] [Bb] Another [Cm] player's down and out, [F] he's carried from [Bb] the field.
[Eb] At [Ab] halftime at the locker room, [Bb] the kid goes [Ab] off alone.
[F] No one sees [Bb] him talking [Eb] on the phone.
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] And the game's [Ab] already started [Bb] when he runs back to [Eb] the team.
And half the crowd [Ab] could hear his coach [Bb] yell,
Hey, where the hell you been?
[Ab] Getting ready for [Bb] the second half [Eb] was [Bb] all that he [Cm] could say.
[Fm] And coach, nah, [F] you're gonna let me [Bb] in to play.
[B] _
[E] Without [A] another word, he [B] turns and runs into [E] the game.
And through the [A] silence on the field, [B] loudspeakers call his name.
[A] It'll make the [B] local papers [E] how the team [Abm] came [Dbm] from behind
[Gbm] when they saw him [B] playing out his [E] heart.
[A] And when [B] the _ [A] _ _ [E] game [A] was over, [B] his coach asked him [A] to tell
what [E] was [Abm] it he [Db] was thinking of [Gb] that made him play [B] so well.
[E] Well, you knew my [A] father was blind, he said.
[B] Well, [E] tonight [A] he passed away.
[Gb] It's the first time [B] that my father saw [N] me play.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [B] _ [A] _ Mmm.
[E] _ _