Chords for Tom Cochrane & Red Rider "Big League" Hard Rock, Van. Feb./15
Tempo:
132.05 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Ab
Gm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
For a [G] kid that I think would have been a [Ab] big star in this league, in the NHL for a long,
[D] long time.
[G] And we were asked to come out here and I didn't want to initially to do it because it's kind
of, to me it was a private thing with the family, [D] but we kind of, [C] we ended [Ab] up doing
it for a long reason.
It's a true story, it's about [Gm] a boy and his dad and it's about hockey and it pulls our
country together, all communities [Abm] across this country.
[Dm]
[B] And [Cm] Kenny and I did this for Luke [Ab] Mordahl's family and it was an incredibly powerful experience.
[Dm] [Eb]
[Bb] Anyways, you know, I lived [Ab] part of the time north of [Gm] Perry Sound, Bobby was a really good
friend [D] of mine.
And [Fm] I'd do a bunch of functions with him [G] and he says, Tom, [F] you gotta play that song that
you [Bbm] wrote for us.
And I said, Bobby, I didn't write [G] that song for you because you made it to the [D] big leagues.
We didn't, I wrote this for all of us.
[A]
[D] But again, when [B] Kenny and I did it for Luke [G] Mordahl, that was a pretty powerful [D] experience.
[Gm] But this is your song [N] at the end of the day.
This is the big leagues!
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] He was a kid, maybe up in five.
Came [G] shots too late.
Big thing got [D] out of school and back on ice.
[G] That was his life.
He [D] was gonna play the big league.
[G]
[D] He went to Perry Sound in a school downtown.
[G] He worked in the mill, he played in the ground.
[D] He grew up chunky to be with King.
[G] He was the last of the only kids in the [D] big leagues.
[G]
[D] Now I know he's gonna play in the [G] big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
[D] Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] Now I know he's gonna knock them out.
[D]
I remember when I was winning through the day team.
[G] Scholarships came up big in the US team.
[D] I was gonna make a play in the [G] track team instead of that.
Now I [D] know he's gonna play
[C] [G]
[D]
in the big [G] leagues.
Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
[D] Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] Now I know he's gonna knock them out.
You can't tell, but I might come down.
[D] You can't tell, but you might check out.
You can't tell, but you [G] might check out.
[D]
Sometimes at night I can hear the ice crack.
[G] Sounds like thunder as it rips through my back.
[D] And sometimes in the morning you can still hear the sound.
Ice beats metal, can't you drive me down to the big leagues?
[G]
[D] Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
[D] Now I know he's gonna play in the big [G] leagues.
Now I know he's gonna knock them out.
[C] [G]
[D] You can't tell, but I might come down.
[G] You can't tell, but [D]
[G] you might check out.
I can hear the ice [D] crack.
Now I know he's gonna play in [G]
[D]
[D]
[G] the big leagues.
[D] Now I know he's gonna [Dm] play in the big leagues.
[D] Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
Now I know he's gonna play in the [G] big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna knock them dead.
Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna [G] knock them dead.
Sing with [D] me now.
Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G]
[D] Now I know he's gonna play [Gm] in the big leagues.
My boy's gonna play in the big leagues.
[D] Sing with me now.
My boy's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] My boy's gonna [D] play in the big leagues.
My boy's gonna play.
My boy's gonna knock them dead.
You [D] never can tell, but I might come down.
[G] You never can tell, but you might check out.
[D] You just don't know.
You never can tell, so do that.
That's the [G] greatest show in the [D] big leagues.
[G]
[D] Big leagues.
[G]
Big, big, big.
[D] long time.
[G] And we were asked to come out here and I didn't want to initially to do it because it's kind
of, to me it was a private thing with the family, [D] but we kind of, [C] we ended [Ab] up doing
it for a long reason.
It's a true story, it's about [Gm] a boy and his dad and it's about hockey and it pulls our
country together, all communities [Abm] across this country.
[Dm]
[B] And [Cm] Kenny and I did this for Luke [Ab] Mordahl's family and it was an incredibly powerful experience.
[Dm] [Eb]
[Bb] Anyways, you know, I lived [Ab] part of the time north of [Gm] Perry Sound, Bobby was a really good
friend [D] of mine.
And [Fm] I'd do a bunch of functions with him [G] and he says, Tom, [F] you gotta play that song that
you [Bbm] wrote for us.
And I said, Bobby, I didn't write [G] that song for you because you made it to the [D] big leagues.
We didn't, I wrote this for all of us.
[A]
[D] But again, when [B] Kenny and I did it for Luke [G] Mordahl, that was a pretty powerful [D] experience.
[Gm] But this is your song [N] at the end of the day.
This is the big leagues!
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] He was a kid, maybe up in five.
Came [G] shots too late.
Big thing got [D] out of school and back on ice.
[G] That was his life.
He [D] was gonna play the big league.
[G]
[D] He went to Perry Sound in a school downtown.
[G] He worked in the mill, he played in the ground.
[D] He grew up chunky to be with King.
[G] He was the last of the only kids in the [D] big leagues.
[G]
[D] Now I know he's gonna play in the [G] big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
[D] Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] Now I know he's gonna knock them out.
[D]
I remember when I was winning through the day team.
[G] Scholarships came up big in the US team.
[D] I was gonna make a play in the [G] track team instead of that.
Now I [D] know he's gonna play
[C] [G]
[D]
in the big [G] leagues.
Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
[D] Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] Now I know he's gonna knock them out.
You can't tell, but I might come down.
[D] You can't tell, but you might check out.
You can't tell, but you [G] might check out.
[D]
Sometimes at night I can hear the ice crack.
[G] Sounds like thunder as it rips through my back.
[D] And sometimes in the morning you can still hear the sound.
Ice beats metal, can't you drive me down to the big leagues?
[G]
[D] Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
[D] Now I know he's gonna play in the big [G] leagues.
Now I know he's gonna knock them out.
[C] [G]
[D] You can't tell, but I might come down.
[G] You can't tell, but [D]
[G] you might check out.
I can hear the ice [D] crack.
Now I know he's gonna play in [G]
[D]
[D]
[G] the big leagues.
[D] Now I know he's gonna [Dm] play in the big leagues.
[D] Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
Now I know he's gonna play in the [G] big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna knock them dead.
Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna [G] knock them dead.
Sing with [D] me now.
Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G]
[D] Now I know he's gonna play [Gm] in the big leagues.
My boy's gonna play in the big leagues.
[D] Sing with me now.
My boy's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] My boy's gonna [D] play in the big leagues.
My boy's gonna play.
My boy's gonna knock them dead.
You [D] never can tell, but I might come down.
[G] You never can tell, but you might check out.
[D] You just don't know.
You never can tell, so do that.
That's the [G] greatest show in the [D] big leagues.
[G]
[D] Big leagues.
[G]
Big, big, big.
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_ _ _ For a [G] kid that I think would have been a [Ab] big star in this league, in the NHL for a long,
[D] long time. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] And we were asked to come out here and I didn't want to initially to do it because it's kind
of, to me it was a private thing with the family, [D] but _ we kind of, [C] we ended [Ab] up doing
it for a long reason.
It's a true story, it's about [Gm] a boy and his dad and it's about hockey and it pulls our
country together, all communities [Abm] across this country.
[Dm] _ _
_ [B] _ _ And [Cm] Kenny and I did this for Luke [Ab] Mordahl's family and it was an incredibly powerful experience.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Anyways, you know, _ I lived [Ab] part of the time north of [Gm] Perry Sound, Bobby was a really good
friend [D] of mine.
_ _ And [Fm] I'd do a bunch of functions with him [G] and _ he says, Tom, [F] you gotta play that song that
you [Bbm] wrote for us.
And I said, Bobby, I didn't write [G] that song for _ you because you made it to the [D] big leagues.
We didn't, I wrote this for all of us.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] But again, _ _ _ when [B] Kenny and I did it for Luke [G] Mordahl, that was a pretty powerful [D] experience.
_ [Gm] But this is your song [N] at the end of the day.
This is the big leagues! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] He was a kid, maybe up in five.
Came [G] shots too late. _
Big thing got [D] out of school and back on ice.
_ [G] That was his life.
He [D] was gonna play the big league. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] He went to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Perry Sound in a school _ downtown.
[G] He worked in the mill, he played in the ground.
[D] He grew up chunky to be with King.
[G] He was the last of the only kids in the [D] big leagues. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ Now I know he's gonna play in the [G] big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
[D] _ _ Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] _ Now I know he's gonna knock them out. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I remember when I was winning through the day team.
[G] _ Scholarships came up big in the US team.
[D] I was gonna make a play in the [G] track team instead of that.
Now I [D] know he's gonna play _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
in the big [G] leagues.
Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
[D] _ Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] _ Now I know he's gonna knock them out. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You can't tell, but I might come down.
[D] _ You can't tell, but you might check out.
You can't tell, but you _ [G] might check out. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sometimes at night I can hear the ice crack.
_ [G] Sounds like thunder as it rips through my back.
[D] And sometimes in the morning you can still hear the sound.
_ Ice beats metal, can't you drive me down to the big leagues? _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] _ Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
_ [D] Now I know he's gonna play in the big [G] leagues.
_ Now I know he's gonna knock them out.
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ You can't tell, but I might come down.
_ [G] You can't tell, but _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] you might check out.
I can hear the ice [D] crack.
Now I know he's gonna play in _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] the _ _ big leagues.
_ _ [D] _ Now I know he's gonna [Dm] play in the big leagues.
[D] _ Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
_ Now I know he's gonna play in the [G] big leagues.
_ Now I know he's gonna knock them dead.
_ _ Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
_ Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna [G] knock them dead.
Sing with [D] me now.
Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Now I know he's gonna play [Gm] in the big leagues.
_ My boy's gonna play in the big leagues.
[D] Sing with me now.
My boy's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] _ My boy's _ gonna [D] play in _ _ the big leagues.
My boy's gonna play.
My boy's gonna knock them dead.
You [D] never can tell, but I might come down.
[G] You never can tell, but you might check out.
[D] You just don't know.
You never can tell, so do that.
That's the [G] greatest show in the [D] big leagues. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Big leagues. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ Big, big, big. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] long time. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] And we were asked to come out here and I didn't want to initially to do it because it's kind
of, to me it was a private thing with the family, [D] but _ we kind of, [C] we ended [Ab] up doing
it for a long reason.
It's a true story, it's about [Gm] a boy and his dad and it's about hockey and it pulls our
country together, all communities [Abm] across this country.
[Dm] _ _
_ [B] _ _ And [Cm] Kenny and I did this for Luke [Ab] Mordahl's family and it was an incredibly powerful experience.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Anyways, you know, _ I lived [Ab] part of the time north of [Gm] Perry Sound, Bobby was a really good
friend [D] of mine.
_ _ And [Fm] I'd do a bunch of functions with him [G] and _ he says, Tom, [F] you gotta play that song that
you [Bbm] wrote for us.
And I said, Bobby, I didn't write [G] that song for _ you because you made it to the [D] big leagues.
We didn't, I wrote this for all of us.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] But again, _ _ _ when [B] Kenny and I did it for Luke [G] Mordahl, that was a pretty powerful [D] experience.
_ [Gm] But this is your song [N] at the end of the day.
This is the big leagues! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] He was a kid, maybe up in five.
Came [G] shots too late. _
Big thing got [D] out of school and back on ice.
_ [G] That was his life.
He [D] was gonna play the big league. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] He went to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Perry Sound in a school _ downtown.
[G] He worked in the mill, he played in the ground.
[D] He grew up chunky to be with King.
[G] He was the last of the only kids in the [D] big leagues. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ Now I know he's gonna play in the [G] big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
[D] _ _ Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] _ Now I know he's gonna knock them out. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I remember when I was winning through the day team.
[G] _ Scholarships came up big in the US team.
[D] I was gonna make a play in the [G] track team instead of that.
Now I [D] know he's gonna play _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
in the big [G] leagues.
Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
[D] _ Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] _ Now I know he's gonna knock them out. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You can't tell, but I might come down.
[D] _ You can't tell, but you might check out.
You can't tell, but you _ [G] might check out. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sometimes at night I can hear the ice crack.
_ [G] Sounds like thunder as it rips through my back.
[D] And sometimes in the morning you can still hear the sound.
_ Ice beats metal, can't you drive me down to the big leagues? _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] _ Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
_ [D] Now I know he's gonna play in the big [G] leagues.
_ Now I know he's gonna knock them out.
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ You can't tell, but I might come down.
_ [G] You can't tell, but _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] you might check out.
I can hear the ice [D] crack.
Now I know he's gonna play in _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] the _ _ big leagues.
_ _ [D] _ Now I know he's gonna [Dm] play in the big leagues.
[D] _ Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
_ Now I know he's gonna play in the [G] big leagues.
_ Now I know he's gonna knock them dead.
_ _ Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
_ Now I know he's gonna turn some heads.
Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
Now I know he's gonna [G] knock them dead.
Sing with [D] me now.
Now I know he's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Now I know he's gonna play [Gm] in the big leagues.
_ My boy's gonna play in the big leagues.
[D] Sing with me now.
My boy's gonna play in the big leagues.
[G] _ My boy's _ gonna [D] play in _ _ the big leagues.
My boy's gonna play.
My boy's gonna knock them dead.
You [D] never can tell, but I might come down.
[G] You never can tell, but you might check out.
[D] You just don't know.
You never can tell, so do that.
That's the [G] greatest show in the [D] big leagues. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Big leagues. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ Big, big, big. _ _ _ _ _ _ _