Chords for Todd Snider "America's Favorite Pastime"
Tempo:
128 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
F#
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [B]
It's called [E] America's Favorite Best Time.
[F#]
[F#] [F#m]
[B]
[G#] [B]
[E] [B]
[D] [B]
[E] [Bm]
[Gm]
[A] [E]
[D] [E] [B]
[D] [E] [F#]
[A] [E] [F#]
[E] [Em]
[F#]
[Bm] [E]
[D] [F#]
[E]
[Em] [B]
[E]
[Em] [F#]
[E]
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [E]
[G] [F#]
[E]
[E]
[D] [E]
[G]
By the top of the 7th he was up 1 [E]-0 giving them Padres [B] fits.
By the bottom of the 8th he was up 2-0 and he still hadn't got any hits.
With one hour left to go in the game, he battled it like a baby [Bm] child.
That birthday cake was shaking [Gm] down waves, the color was [E] growing [B] wild.
[B]
[D] [E]
[B]
[Em] By the time that he [F#] mowed the last man down, [E] he was high as he'd [B] ever been.
[F#] Laughing to the sound of the world going round [G#] completely unaware [B] of the end.
And [E] while the papers would say he was scat that day, [G#] he was [E] pretty as the picture [B] could be.
[E] The day Doc Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates threw [A#] a no-hitter on [E] LSD.
I [E] took a look all around the [F#] world one [G#] time, I [B] finally discovered [E] you can't judge [E] a book.
[B] [Em]
[B]
It's called [E] America's Favorite Best Time.
[F#]
[F#] [F#m]
[B]
[G#] [B]
[E] [B]
[D] [B]
[E] [Bm]
[Gm]
[A] [E]
[D] [E] [B]
[D] [E] [F#]
[A] [E] [F#]
[E] [Em]
[F#]
[Bm] [E]
[D] [F#]
[E]
[Em] [B]
[E]
[Em] [F#]
[E]
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [E]
[G] [F#]
[E]
[E]
[D] [E]
[G]
By the top of the 7th he was up 1 [E]-0 giving them Padres [B] fits.
By the bottom of the 8th he was up 2-0 and he still hadn't got any hits.
With one hour left to go in the game, he battled it like a baby [Bm] child.
That birthday cake was shaking [Gm] down waves, the color was [E] growing [B] wild.
[B]
[D] [E]
[B]
[Em] By the time that he [F#] mowed the last man down, [E] he was high as he'd [B] ever been.
[F#] Laughing to the sound of the world going round [G#] completely unaware [B] of the end.
And [E] while the papers would say he was scat that day, [G#] he was [E] pretty as the picture [B] could be.
[E] The day Doc Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates threw [A#] a no-hitter on [E] LSD.
I [E] took a look all around the [F#] world one [G#] time, I [B] finally discovered [E] you can't judge [E] a book.
[B] [Em]
[B]
Key:
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Em
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It's called [E] America's Favorite Best Time.
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_ By the top of the 7th he was up 1 [E]-0 giving them Padres [B] fits.
By the bottom of the 8th he was up 2-0 and he still hadn't got any hits.
With one hour left to go in the game, he battled it like a baby [Bm] child.
That birthday cake was shaking [Gm] down waves, the color was [E] growing [B] wild.
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_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[Em] By the time that he [F#] mowed the last man down, [E] he was high as he'd [B] ever been.
_ [F#] Laughing to the sound of the world going round [G#] completely unaware [B] of the end.
And [E] while the papers would say he was scat that day, [G#] he was [E] pretty as the picture [B] could be.
[E] The day Doc Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates threw [A#] a no-hitter on [E] LSD.
I [E] took a look all around the [F#] world one [G#] time, I [B] finally discovered [E] _ you can't judge [E] a book. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
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It's called [E] America's Favorite Best Time.
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_ By the top of the 7th he was up 1 [E]-0 giving them Padres [B] fits.
By the bottom of the 8th he was up 2-0 and he still hadn't got any hits.
With one hour left to go in the game, he battled it like a baby [Bm] child.
That birthday cake was shaking [Gm] down waves, the color was [E] growing [B] wild.
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_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[Em] By the time that he [F#] mowed the last man down, [E] he was high as he'd [B] ever been.
_ [F#] Laughing to the sound of the world going round [G#] completely unaware [B] of the end.
And [E] while the papers would say he was scat that day, [G#] he was [E] pretty as the picture [B] could be.
[E] The day Doc Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates threw [A#] a no-hitter on [E] LSD.
I [E] took a look all around the [F#] world one [G#] time, I [B] finally discovered [E] _ you can't judge [E] a book. _ _ _ _ _
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