My Sportin' Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][C][G]
[D][G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Though
I can show you [D]the years of my life
That I [C]spent on the road [G]of freedom
Don't let it throw you,
I [D]know of your strife
[C]I know what it's like to [G]roam

[Verse 2]
[G]I sang 'em a glad song,
[D]played 'em a sad song
[C]Sang 'em the whole night [G]long[C]
[G]Just for a dollar or [D]what they
could offer
[C]To somebody's ramblin' [G]boy

[Verse 3]
When [C]the fun was done
I would pack my bags and I was [G]gone
Though the women were kind
There was [C]nothing to bind me to [G]one
[C]Some[Bb]body [G]changed [C]my rough
and [Bb]rowdy [G]ways
[C]Some[Bb]body [G]changed my
[C]old ca[Bb]rousing [G]days
When [C]I was a[G] young boy
I [C]learned [Bb]to sur[Gm]vive
[G]'Ti[C]l somebod[Bb]y cam[G]e and[C] stayed

[Interlude 1]
my sporting life
[G][D][C][G]
[D][Dm][D][C][G]

[Verse 4]
I [G]lived in the barrooms,
[D]the juke joints and gin mills
I [C]worked any dive in [G]town
Never too proud to pass [D]my hat around
[C]In every place I fou[G]nd
[C]I'll sing

[Verse 5]
[G]you a glad song,
[D]play you a sad song
[C]Sing 'em the whole night [G]long[C][G]
Just for a dollar or [D]what
you can offer
[C]To somebody's ramblin' [G]boy

[Verse 6]
There [C]were times when lonely
was the only feeling left in [G]me
Or when the cold and the rain made it
[C]hard on a man to be [G]free
[C]Then some[Bb]body [G]changed my
[C]cold and [Bb]hungry [G]days
[C]Some[Bb]body [G]changed [C]my rough
and [Bb]rowdy [G]ways

[Verse 7]
[C]Well I don't [Bb]really [G]care no more
'bout [C]nickels [Bb]and [G]dimes
The [C]one I [Bb]love is [G]all I need to [C]help
me spend [Bb]my ti[G]me
[C]Somebody [G]came and [C]rolled
away my [G]stone
[C]Some[Bb]body [Gm]came [G]and
[C]made me [Bb]feel [G]at home
[C]Some[Bb]body [G]changed [C]my rough
and [Bb]rowdy [G]ways
[C]Somebody [G]changed my [C]old
carousing [G]days[C]
When I was a young [G]boy I [C]learned
to sur[Bb]vive[G]
[C]'Til somebody [G]came [C]and stayed my sporting
life
[G][D][Dm][G][C]

[Verse 8]
[G]
I'll sing you a glad song,
[D]play you a sad song
[C]Sing 'em the whole night [G]long[C][G]
Just for a dollar or [D]what
you can offer
[C]To somebody's ramblin' [G]boy

[Verse 9]
[G]I'll sing you a glad song,
[D]play you a sad song
[C]Sing 'em the whole night [G]long
Just for a dollar or [D]what you
can offer
[C]To somebody's ramblin' [G]boy

[Verse 10]
[G]I'll sing you a glad song,
[D]play you a sad song
[C]Sing 'em the whole night [G]long[C]
[G]Just for a dollar or [D]what you
can offer
[C]To somebody's ramblin' boy