Misc Musicals – Falsettos - The Baseball Game (Guitar)

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[ALL]
Bbmaj7  Bb6/F
We’re sitting

             Bbmaj7     Bb6/F
And watching Jason play baseball,

               Bbmaj7     Bb6/F
We’re watching Jason play baseball!

               Eb     Eb/Bb
We’re watching Jewish boys,

    Ebmaj7                               Bbmaj7 Bb6/F Bbmaj7
Who cannot play baseball, play baseball!

Bb6/F           Eb Eb/Bb
 We’re watching Jewish boys,

Ebmaj7
Who cannot play baseball play-
[MARVIN]
Db/Eb
I hate baseball, I really do

Db/Eb
Unlike the rest of you,

Eb9    F#m
I hate baseball
[CORDELIA & CHARLOTTE]
Bb/F
We really wish he’d take this more seriously
[MENDEL]
Bb/F          Bbm
It's weird how he swings the bat
[MARVIN]
Bbm/F                       Ebm/F
It’s weird how he swings the bat.
N.C And why does he have to throw like that? [ALL]
Bbmaj7 Bb6/F
We’re sitting

             Bbmaj7     Bb6/F
And watching Jason make errors,

Bbmaj7              Bb6/F
The most pathetical errors!

               Eb
We’re watching Jewish boys,

Ebmaj7
Who almost read Latin,

Eb/F F
Up, battin’,

            Bb9
And battin’ bad!
[MENDEL]
  Ebmaj7 Eb6
Remember Sandy Koufax!

        Bbmaj7       Bb6
You can do it if you wanna do it

Ebmaj7         Eb6
Take heart from Hank Greenberg

Bbmaj7
It’s not genetic,

Ab              F   G/F
Anything can be copasetic

F        Gb/F
I think, I think,

  G/F             Ab/F
I think it can, I think it can
[ALL]
Bbmaj7  Bb6/F
We’re sitting

             Bbmaj7     Bb6/F
And watching Jason play baseball,

               Bbmaj7     Bb6/F
We’re watching Jason play baseball!

               Eb     Eb/Bb
We’re watching Jewish boys,

               Eb     Eb/Bb
We’re watching Jewish boys, We’re watching-

Ebm
SLIDE, JASON!

Dbm
Slide, Jason!

Eb
Slide...
[MARVIN]
C#/F#
What is he doing here?
[TRINA]
B/F#
What are you doing here?
[WHIZZER]
C#    F#/G#       C#             F#/G#       C#        F#/G#
Jason asked me to come. Since he asked me to come, I came.
[TRINA]
D#m         F#/G#       D#m           F#/G#
Just what I wanted at a Little League game:

      D#m          F#/G#
My ex-husband’s ex-lover!

F#/B                         F#/G#
Isn’t that what every mother dreams about

            F#/B
Having at a Little League game’
[MENDEL]
E
Looking at Whizzer is like eating treyf.
[CORDELIA] N.C The kid was out! [CHARLOTTE] N.C The kid was safe! [CORDELIA] N.C The kid was out! [CHARLOTTE] N.C The kid was safe! [WHIZZER]
B7     F#/C#
I love baseball,

B7
I love Jason.

B7
That’s what I’m doing here.
[CHARLOTTE]
B7
(spoken) Aw, where the hell did they get that umpire?!
[MARVIN]
                    C#5/G#
(sung) Look who’s here. Say hello
[WHIZZER] N.C (spoken) Hello. [MARVIN]
               C#5/G#
You’re looking sweeter than a donut.
[WHIZZER] N.C Marvin. [MARVIN] N.C Whizzer. [WHIZZER]
            C#5/G#
Is he still queer?
[MARVIN]
   C#5/G#
Am I queer?
[TRINA]
C#5/G#
I don’t know!
[MENDEL]
C#5/G#
Does it matter?
[MARVIN]
C#5/G#
It’s been so long since I could tell.

E       F#/C#
Move in front of me,

D#m/A#
I wanna see the bald spot! C’mon, c’mon.

E
Sit in front of me,

            F#/C#
It gives me pleasure to see the bald spot!

G
Since it’s the only

G/D           B/D#                A/C# B/D#
Physical imperfection that you’ve got.

        G
I wanna see it!

        G7/F
I wanna touch it!

        B/D#
I wanna run my hands through it!
[ALL except MARVIN]
Bbmaj7/F Bb6/F
We’re sitting

              Bbmaj7/F Bb6/F
And watch the kid as he misses!

               Bbmaj7/F Bb6/F
We’re watching Marvin throw kisses,

               Eb
We’re watching sixty-seven pounders,

         Eb
Watching Jewish boys in scroungers,
[ALL]
         F/C
Watching boys feel, boys bat,

  F/C
Boys this, boys that

         Ab6/Eb
Watching Jason on deck,

Gb/Db
Swinging the bat!
[WHIZZER]
Ab6/Eb
Keep your head in the box.

Ab6/Eb
Don’t think of a thing,

          Ab          Bb
Keep your head in the box,

     C          D
Your eye on the ball,

       E/G#
Take a breath, then let it out

Db
And swing!
[WHIZZER, (ALL)]
Ab6/Eb
Keep your head in the box. (Keep your head in the box)

Ab6/Eb
Don’t think of a thing, (Don’t think of a thing)

          Ab          Bb
Keep your head in the box, (Keep your head in the box)

     C          D
Your eye on the ball, (Your eye on the ball)

       E/G#
Take a breath, then let it out

Db
And swing!
[MARVIN]
C#5/G#
Even bald, he looks good.
[WHIZZER]
C#5/G#
Just remember he’s an psychotic.
[MARVIN]
C#5/G#
He looks damn good, but he’s cheap as dirt.
[WHIZZER]
C#5/G#
Even maniacs can charm,
Which he does, so beware. [MARVIN]
C#5/G#
And just be careful.
[WHIZZER]
        F#6
When he smiles that smile, avoid him,

        B/F#
Or else sound the alert!
[WHIZZER, (MARVIN)]
B
(Whizzer.) Marvin.

B/D#                   B/F#
(You think there's any hope for the kid?)

B/F#
I love Jason, but this is not his venue.
[MARVIN & WHIZZER]
E/B               F#/C#
How could I know, without him,

D#m/A#           D9
My life would be boring as shit?
[MARVIN]
D9
But it is...
[WHIZZER]
Bsus2
(spoken) Jason! You gotta move a little closer to the plate!
[MARVIN]
Bsus2
(sung) Oh, yes, it is
[MARVIN & WHIZZER]
           B                     Bm/D    B9/D#
(sung)God, don’t let me make the same mistake!
[ALL]
Amaj7/E A6/E
We’re sitting

             Amaj7/E   A6/E
And watching Jason, the batter!

           Amaj7/E       A6/E
We know our cheering won’t matter!

          D
It is the very final inning

        D
And the other team is winning,

            B5        E/B
And there’s two outs, two strikes,

        D/A       D
But the bases are loaded and-
[MARVIN]
A                       D9/E
Could it be possible to see you, or to kiss you,

                 D9/F#
Or to give you a call?
[ALL]
A/E                  Aaug/E#
Anything’s possible, Jason

D       Aaug/E#
Hit the ball!
(spoken) Run!