One Home Run Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D][G][Em][A]
[D][G][D][A]
[D][A]
[D]In a

[Verse 1]
[D]
little old country schoolhouse
where [G]the children used to go
[Em]There [A]lived a little fella
by the [D]name of Ratcon Joe
[A]One [D]day the teacher called the class
to [G]spell a certain kind of a bird.
[Em]The kind[A] of bird that was a chicken,
and he [D]could not spell the word.
So the teacher called on Ragtime Joe
to [G]spell that word for [Em]them.
[E]He did[A] not hesitate a bit,
this is the [G]way that he [D]began.
C, that's the way to begin.
[G]H, that's the next letter in.
[A]I, that is the third.
[D]C, now you see something in the bird.
Okay, let's fill it in
[G]Me, you can be the M -C [D]-H -I -C [Bm]-K
And [D]that there's a way to spell chicken
[E][A][Bm]
[G][F][D][Bm][G][D][G][D]
Carson Parks,
he gave a concert
in the [G]old schoolhouse one night
He [A]hired a lot of fellas
who could [D]sing and could recite
But when they pulled the curtain,
[G]everything went wrong, you know
Un[A]til one fella loudly called,
let's [D]hear from Ragtime Joe
He sang them Ragtime chicken tunes,
[G]did not do so well
[F]He [A]says, I went a -frost on that,
so I [D]guess I [Bm]have to spill
[A]And [D]then he told the audience,
they had to [G]pose this chicken song
[F]And [A]when he sang these words for them,
he [D]took the house by storm
C, that's the way to begin.
[G]H, that's the [D]next letter in.
I, that [A]is the [D]third.
C, now you're seasoning the bird.
K, fill it in.
With an E, you get [G]near the end.
[D]C -H -I -C -[Bm]K -N[E],
[A]that there's the way to spell [D]chick[E]en.
[A][E][Bm][F][A][D]
[Bm][G][D][G][D]
That's the way to begin,
[G]H, next letter [E]N, [A]I, that is the third,
[D]C, now you season it with a bird,
K, fill it in with [G]an E, you get near the end,
[D]C -H -I -C -[Bm]K, N[E], no[A]w there's
The wait has come [D]to an [B]end[E][C#][F#]
[Eb][D][F][Bb][G][C][A]
[D][E][A][D]
Let's do it again real soon.
This isn't a franchise operation,
folks.
It speaks to a higher authority.
There is a moral responsibility
in the commodity interest of music,
and this place is uncorrupted.
I think it's uncorruptible,
and I never want to test that.
Just to let you know, I'm very
grateful
Steve Young invited me to play with
him tonight.
He included me in his opportunity.
Thank you, Steve.
When we go back,
I was 22 years old
when I wrote this piece about
Steve Young.
have I admired him?
I don't know what the details
are
and the shrouded in mystery
and if I started to explain it,
it would be like finding the line
between myth and history,
and I really don't know that anymore.
So I'm just going to sing the song
to show you how
much I thought of Steve Young.