Tom: G
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C7 x32310
F 133211
D7/F# 200212
A x02220
D7 xx0212
G6 3x2033
Fm 133111
[Intro]
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("Boom chk" strumming pattern (bass note, then chord) in the verse; free-er in the chorus.)
[Verse 1]
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By the shores of old Lake Michigan,
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Where the hawk wind blows so cold,
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An old Cub fan lay dying
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In his midnight hour that tolled.
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'Round his bed, his friends had all gathered;
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They knew his time was short,
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So on his head they put this bright blue cap
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From his all-time favorite sport.
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He told them, "it's late and its getting dark in here
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And I know its time to go,
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But before I leave the line-up
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There's just one thing I'd like to know:
[Chorus]
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"Do they still play the blues in Chicago
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When baseball season rolls around?
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When the snow melts away,
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Do the Cubbies still play
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In their ivy-covered burial ground?
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When I was a boy they were my pride and joy
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But now they only bring fatigue
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To the home of the brave
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The land of the free
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And the doormat of the National League."
[Verse 2]
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He told his friends "You know the law of averages says:
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Anything will happen that can." That's what it says.
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But the last year the Cubs won a national league pennant
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Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan."
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"The Cubs made me a criminal; Sent me down a wayward path;
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They stole my youth from me." (That's the truth.)
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"I'd forsake my teachers to go sit in the bleachers
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In flagrant truancy."
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"And then one thing led to another:
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Soon I'd discovered alcohol, gambling, dope
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Football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis.
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But what do you expect,When you raise up a young boys hope..."
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"And then just crush it like so many paper beer cups.
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Year after year, after year, after year, After year, after year, after year, after year,
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'Til those hopes are just so much popcorn
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For pigeons beneath the "EL" tracks to eat."
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He said "You know I'll never see Wrigley Field
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Anymore before my eternal rest,
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So, if you have your pencils and your score cards ready,
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I'll read you my last request:"
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"Give me a double-header funeral in Wrigley Field
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On some sunny weekend day." (No lights.)
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"Have the organ play the National Anthem
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And then a little 'Na, Na, Na, Na, Hey Hey, Hey, Goodbye'"
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"Make six bull pen pitchers carry my coffin
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And six ground keepers clear my path.
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Have the umpires bark me out at every base
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In all their holy wrath."
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"It's a beautiful day for a funeral:
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Hey Ernie lets play two!'
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Somebody go get Jack Brickhouse to come back
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And conduct just one more interview."
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"Have the Cubbies run right out into the middle of the field
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and have Kieth Moreland drop a routine fly.
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Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt
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And I'll be ready to die."
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"Build a big fire on home plate out of your 'Louisville Slugger' baseball bats
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And toss my coffin in.
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Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow
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From the prevailing 30 mile-an-hour southwest wind."
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"When my last remains go flying over the left field wall
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I'll bid the bleacher bums 'adieu'
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And come to my final resting place
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Out on Waveland Avenue."
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The dying man's friends told him to cut it out!
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They said, "stop it, that's an awful shame!"
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He whispered, "Don't cry, we'll meet, by and by,
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Near the Heavenly Hall of Fame.
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He said, "I've got season's tickets to watch the Angels now,
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So that's just what I'm going to do."
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He said, "but you, the living, you're stuck here with the Cubs!
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So it's me who feels sorry for you!"
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And he said, "Ahh, play that 'Lonesome Loser' tune,
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That's the one I like the best."
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And he closed his eyes, and he slipped away.
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That gave us the Dying Cub Fan's Last Request, so here it is:
[Chorus]
C C7
"Do they still play the blues in Chicago
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When baseball season rolls around?
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When the snow melts away,
C A
Do the Cubbies still play
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In their ivy-covered burial ground?
C C7
When I was a boy they were my pride and joy
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But now they only bring fatigue
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To the home of the brave
C A
The land of the free
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And the doormat of the National League."
[Outro]
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