G 
I fell on the playing field 
Em 
The work of an errant heel 
C 
The din of the crowd and the loud commotion 
Am             D 
When deafening silence and stopped motion 
G 
The season was almost done 
Em 
We'd managed it twelve to one 
C 
So far I had known no humiliation 
Am             D 
In front of my friends and close relation 

Cmaj7                        G 
There's my father looking on 
Cmaj7                            G 
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm 
         Em 
With the captain of the other team 
    C 
And all of this is clear to me 
     D                         C 
They condescend to fix on me a frown 
Am       D 
How they love 
    G 
The sporting life 

G 
And father had had such hopes 
Em 
For a son who would take the ropes 
C 
And fufill all his old athletic aspirations 
Am             D 
But apparently now there's some complications 
G 
But while I am lying here 
Em 
Trying to fight the tears 
C 
I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger 
Am                     D 
Though I think I might lie here a little longer 

Cmaj7                                      G 
Cause there's my coach he's looking down 
Cmaj7                                  G 
The disappointment in his knitted brow 
  Em 
I should have known he thinks again 
   C 
I never should have put him in 
   D                           C 
He turns to load the lemonade away 
    Am          D 
And breathes in deep 
    G 
The sporting life 
    Em 
The sporting life 
    C 
The sporting life 
       G 
How he loves 


Cmaj7                        G 
There's my father looking on 
Cmaj7                            G 
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm 
         Em 
With the captain of the other team 
    C 
And all of this is clear to me 
     D                         C 
They condescend to fix on me a frown 
Am       D 
How they love 
    G 
The sporting life 
    Em 
The sporting life 
    C 
The sporting life 
         G 
How they love