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Big League

Tom Cochrane
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 
 
guitar  intro]
 
 
 
]
 
 
 
 When  he was a kid, he'd be up at 5, take shots to 8, make the
 thing drive
 
 
 
 Out  after school, back on ice, that was his life, he was
 gonna play in the
 
 
 
 Big  League Ooooh, in the
 
 
 
 Big  League.
 
 
 
 Not  many ways out of this cold northern twn, u work in the mill & get
 laid in the ground
 
 
 
 If  ur gonna jump it will be with the game, real fast & tough is the
 only clear lane to the
 
 
 
 Big  League Ooooooh
 
 
 
 My  boy's gonna play in the big league, my boy's gonna turn some heads,
 
 
 
 My  boy's gonna play in the big league, my boy's gonna knock 'em dead
 ..
 
 
 
 Ooooooo,  in the Big League
 
 
 
]
 
 
 
 All  the right moves when he turned 18, scholarship and school on a big
 US team
 
 
 
 Out  with his girl near Lake McLean, hit a truck doing 70 in the wrong
 lane to the
 
 
 
 Big  League Oooooooooooo
 
 
 
 My  boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to turn some heads,
 
 
 
 my  boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to knock 'em dead ..
 
 
 
 Never  can tell what might come down, never can tell how much you got,
 
 
 
 Just  don't know, no, you never can tell,
 
 
 
]
 
 
 
 Sometimes  at nite u can hear the ice crack, it sounds like thunder &
 it rips thru my back
 
 
 
 S'times  in the morning I still hear the sound, ice meets metal, "Can't
 you drive me down to the
 
 
 
 BL?"  OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 
 
 
 My  boy's going to play in the BL my boy's going to turn some heads
 
 
 
 my  boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to knock 'em dead
 
 
 
 Never  can tell what might come down, never can tell when u might check
 out
 
 
 
 
 Just  don't know, no, you never can tell, so do right to others like u
 do to yourself in the
 
 
 
 Big  League. OOOOOOO
 
 
 
backup  sings chorus - ad lib lead]
 
 
 
]
 
 
 
guitar  out]
 
 
 
3]
 
 
 
2]
 
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 Fo' A' That, and A' That
 It's Comin' Yet Fo' A' That
 That Man to Man, the World O'er
 Will Brothers Be, Fo' A' That

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Readable chord sheet for Big League by Tom Cochrane

[D]
 [D]
 [G]
[[G]guitar intro]

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
[[G]]

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
W[G]hen he was a kid, he'd be up at 5,     take shots to 8, make the
thing drive

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
O[G]ut after school, back on ice,          that was his life, he was
gonna play in the

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
B[G/A]ig League                              Ooooh,            in the

 [D]
 [D]
 [D]
B[D]ig League.

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
N[G]ot many ways out of this cold northern twn, u work in the mill & get
laid in the ground

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
I[G]f ur gonna jump it will be with the game, real fast & tough is the
only clear lane to the

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
B[G]ig League                              Ooooooh

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
M[G]y boy's gonna play in the big league, my boy's gonna turn some heads,

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
M[G]y boy's gonna play in the big league, my boy's gonna knock 'em dead
..

 [G]
 [G/A]
 [D]
O[D]oooooo,                         in the Big League

 [D]
 [D]
 [D]
[[D]]

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
A[G]ll the right moves when he turned 18, scholarship and school on a big
US team

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
O[G/A]ut with his girl near Lake McLean, hit a truck doing 70 in the wrong
lane to the

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
B[G]ig League                              Oooooooooooo

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
M[G]y boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to turn some heads,

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
m[G]y boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to knock 'em dead ..

 [G]
 [G]
 [D]
N[D]ever can tell what might come down, never can tell how much you got,

 [G]
 [G]
 [D]
J[D]ust don't know, no, you never can tell, [guitar only]

 [D]
 [D]
 [D]
[[D]]

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
S[G]ometimes at nite u can hear the ice crack, it sounds like thunder &
it rips thru my back

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
S[G/A]'times in the morning I still hear the sound, ice meets metal, "Can't
you drive me down to the

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
B[G]L?"                                      OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
M[G]y boy's going to play in the BL my boy's going to turn some heads

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
m[G]y boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to knock 'em dead

 [G]
 [G]
 [D]
N[D]ever can tell what might come down, never can tell when u might check
out

 [G]
 [G]
 [G]
 [A]
J[G/A]ust don't know, no, you never can tell, so do right to others like u
do to yourself in the

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
B[G]ig League.                              OOOOOOO

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
[[G]backup sings chorus - ad lib lead]

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
[[G]]

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
[[G2]guitar out]

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
[[G2]3]

 [D]
 [D]
 [G]
[[G2]2]

 [D]
[end]

Use  Courier 10, or some non-proportional
ASCII program to align text.  You may have to use
a word processor to accomodate the width of 80 characters.

To e-mail me:  remove ".no" & "spam." from the address above

Fo' A' That, and A' That
It's Comin' Yet Fo' A' That
That Man to Man, the World O'er
Will Brothers Be, Fo' A' That

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