Straight muted 8ths through most of the verse
Originally in A, vox mostly on the 5, so E capo 2
is an option if 5 minutes of E isn’t on the menu.
A | D |
x 4 |
A | D |
I had a friend was a big | baseball player |
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Back in high school |
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He could throw that | speedball by you |
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Make you look like a | fool boy |
E |
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar |
D | |
I was walking | in and he was walking out |
E | |
We went back | inside sat down, had a few drinks |
D | E | |
But al | l he kept talking a | bout was |
A | D |
Glory days they’ll | pass you by |
A | D |
Glory days in the wink of a | young girl’s eye |
A | E |
Glory days, glory | days |
A | D |
x 2 |
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There’s a girl that lives up the | block |
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Back in | school she could turn all the boys’ heads |
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Sometimes | on a Friday I’ll stop | by and have a few drinks |
A | D |
After she put her kids to bed |
E | |
Her and her | husband Bobby well they split up |
D | |
I guess | it’s two years gone by now |
E | |
We just sit | around talking about the old times |
D | E | |
She says when she feels like | crying she starts laughing | thinking about |
A | D |
Glory days they’ll | pass you by |
A | D |
Glory days in the wink of a | young girl’s eye |
A | E |
Glory days, glory | days |
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Hard stop on the last chord
E | E | D | E |
A | D |
Think I’m going down to the | well tonight |
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And I’m going to | drink till I get my fill |
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And I hop | e when I get old I don’t sit around | thinking about it |
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But I probably will |
E | |
Yeah, just sitti | ng back trying to recapture |
D | |
A l | ittle of the glory-a |
E | |
But ti | me slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but |
D | E |
Boring stories of |
A | D |
Glory days they’ll | pass you by |
A | D |
Glory days in the wink of a | young girl’s eye |
A | E |
Glory days, glory | days |
A | D |
Yea they’ll | pass you by |
A | D |
Glory days in the wink of a | young girl’s eye |
A | E |
Glory days, glory | days |
A | D |
Alright |
A | D |
Oooh yea |
A | D |
Alright |
A | D |
Come on now |