Chords for Sportin' Life Blues - Brownie McGhee

[E] All right, here we go. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] I [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ [A#] _ [F#] _ [B] _
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[B] _ [E] got a letter from my [Bm]
home.
_ [A] _ Yeah, you [Am] know most of my friends, they're dead and [E] gone.
And it [C#] make you worry, [F#] it make you wonder.
[B] _ [E] By the [A] time [E] I call _
_ [B] _ my [E] own mother, [Bm] she say to me.
_ [A] So young and foolish [Am] child, _ just [E] can't see.
[C#] Now I ain't got [F#] no mother, you know my [B] sister and [E] my brother turned their [A] backs on [C] me.
[E] _ _ [B] She [E] used to fall on her [G#] knees, fall on her [A] knees and pray.
These [Am] are the very words that [E] she would [C#] say.
Son, you got to [F#] change, you got [B] to rearrange and [E] stop your low [A] down [C] [E] ways.
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[E] _ _ [A] _ [B] [E] Now I've been a liar and I've been a cheater [G#] too.
_ [A] Now [E] I spend most of my [Am] money on _ booze [E] and you.
But this old [C#] night light, [F#] this old sporting [B] light, [E] yeah it's killing [A] [C] me.
[E] _ [D] _ [B] [E] When I was young [Bm] and feeling blue.
_ [A] Yeah, you know [Am] them young women, oh they see [E] me through.
_ [C#] But it makes [F#] you sad, make you [B] scared, you know it make [E] you worry about what [A] time [E] can do. _
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[A] _ [C] _ [E] _ _ [B] I'm [E] getting so tired, so tired of running [Bm] around.
_ [A] You know I just want to get married, have a [Am] little commitment ceremony and settle [E] down.
[C#] But this old night light [F#] is a mean light.
[B] [E] Now Miller's going to tell [A] us all about [E] it.
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_ [C#m] [B] I got [E] a letter _ from [Bm] my home.
[A] _ Yeah, [Am] you know most of my friends, they're [E] dead and gone.
[C#] And it makes [F#] you worry, make [B] you wonder, [E] about the [A] time [C] to come.
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