Tom: Dm
G Gm Dm F C
G Gm Dm F C
Note: Just prior playing G chord at start of Verse 1 and 2, strum all six strings
from the low E to high E near the bridge to give a bright sound.
[Verse 1]
G Gm F Dm C
For sixty years he shined shoes in the same spot in the shadow of Yankee Stadium...
G Gm F Dm C
As he shines he hears the game, and in his mind he he hears his name as if he played for them...
[Chorus]
D D7 Am Am7 Em
Takes his turn at bat, there's the pitch, he swings at it, and it's gone...
A D
Back through the years he's gone...
Em A D
To take the field with Ruth and Gehrig, bring the pennant home...
F G C Am
He sees himself in pinstripes, in a lineup of his own...
D C D C G
He's stranded on a basepath, somewhere between old and New York.
[Verse 2]
G Gm F Dm C
As a customer asks for a shine, he snaps his cloth, another inning ends...
G Gm F Dm C
Dodgers come to bat, there's a drive, he makes the catch to point he's tossed again...
[Chorus]
D D7 Am Am7 Em
His cloth becomes a glove, as he's done with every customer he's known...
A D
Back through the years he's gone...
Em A D
To take the field with Maris and Mantle, bring the pennant home...
F G C Am
He sees himself in pinstripes, in a lineup of his own...
D C D C G
He's stranded on a basepath, somewhere between old and New York.
[Bridge]
G Gm F Dm C
G Gm F Dm C
[Chorus]
D D7 Am Am7 Em
Takes his turn at bat, there's the pitch, he swings at it, there it goes...
A D
Back through the years he goes...
Em A D
Ride a ticker tape parade with Joe DiMaggio...
F G C Am
As he patiently signs an autograph with a spitshine on a toe...
D C D C G
He's stranded on a basepath, somewhere between old and New York.
[Outro]
G Gm F Dm C
Ooooh.....
G F G Gm F Dm C
Between old and New York
Da Da Daaaa...
Ooooh...
Ooooh...
Between old and New York
