Merle Haggard – Bleachers (Guitar)

        C                               F
All the wrong plays I've made have come back on my head

    C           G           C
And I'm kind of bald in the front

  C                         F
I can't get the team to the goal line no more

     C               G              C
So I think I'll just stand back and punt

C                      F
Football and poker's a whole lot like life

    C          G             C
And I'm like a player that's through

           C                       F
Think I'll cash in my winnings and walk off the green

     C          G              C
Come sit in the bleachers with you

    F
The grandstand of life ain't no place for a wife

      C           G        C
To be sitting and sweating alone

      F                      C
Can't be no pinch hitter but I'm not a quitter

C              G              C
These are just thoughts of my own

    C                   F
I'm so glad you came to see my last game

           C           G           C
You're the one fan who cares how I do

           C                     F
Think I'll turn in my jersey and walk off the field

     C          G              C
Come sit in the bleachers with you

          C                       F
There's a time when a winner must give up his chair

C          G              C
Throw in a hand when it's bad

C                         F
Football and poker's both played on the green

            C               G             C
But there's three shades of green and I'm glad

    C                       F
The roar of the crowd don't thrill me enough

   C           G            C
My days in the big time are through

           C                       F
Think I'll cash in my winnings and walk off the green

     C          G              C
Come sit in the bleachers with you

    F
The grandstand of life ain't no place for a wife

      C           G         C
To be sitting and sweating alone

      F                      C
Can't be no pinch hitter but I'm not a quitter

C              G              C
These are just thoughts of my own

    C                   F
I'm so glad you came to see my last game

           C           G           C
You're the one fan who cares how I do

           C                     F
Think I'll turn in my jersey and walk off the field

     C          G              C   C
Come sit in the bleachers with you