Play Ball chords by Ashley McBryde

• Difficulty: Beginner

♫ Intro:

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♫ Verse 1:
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Pete chalks the ballfields down at Dennis Linde park
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Turns the sprinklers on at sun-up and the lights on after dark
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If you got time to talk, he'll give you his two cents
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The grass is always greener on his side of the fence
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Yeah

♫ Verse 2:
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He lost his wife to cancer and a thumb in Vietnam
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Jokes he used to be a hitchhiker but not for very long
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He runs off the gophers in a golf cart full of dents
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And the grass is always greener cause he makes sure it is
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Yeah

♫ Chorus:
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Says you're old as you feel, and I feel 35
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And any day you wake up's a damn good day to be alive
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Soak it in when you win 'cause you can't win 'em all
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Go to church, love your mama
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And play ball

♫ Verse 3:
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I broke into concessions once, but he didn't call the cops
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He just made me clean the grease traps and replace the bubble pops
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That's the spring that daddy left, he knew I was actin' out
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And when I hit my first homerun, he took me to Golden Corral

Yeah

♫ Chorus:
      F
Says you're old as you feel, and I feel 35
     C
And any day you wake up's a damn good day to be alive
    F
Soak it in when you win 'cause you can't win 'em all
   Am         G
Go to church, love your mama
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And play ball

♫ Solo:
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G A D
G A Bm
G A G
G A D

♫ Outro:
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Someone to put the time in or fill an empty seat
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The world would be a better place if we all had a Pete