Ball Park incident (1972)    (video)

 

    D - G - A - A7

 

                     D                  A                           C                         G

1. Well, I’m sitting in the back porch on the north-west side of town,

                    D                                   A                          C                   G

    picturing last night way up in the city, where they shot my baby down.

 

                        C                                    G

She could be dyin’, oh, oh, no, well, it can’t much matter to you,

                   C                                                   A                              D

I found her lyin’, yeah, yeah, yeah, near the ball park down at school.

 

                        D                                           A

2. The sheriff came home to question my brother,

                            C                                       G

    I could have dropped down through the floor.

                            D                                                  A   

    Before I could turn around, he was running for cover,

               C                                 G

    like a billy goat through the door.

 

                        C                                    G

She could be dyin’, oh, oh, no, well, it can’t much matter to you,

                   C                                                   A                              D

I found her lyin’, yeah, yeah, yeah, near the ball park down at school.

 

+ D - D       + G - D - G - A7

 

                     D                          A                          C                     G

3. Hold on, baby, I need you, honey, won’t you bring yourself around,

                           D                            A                       C                   G

    you’ve gotta help me, help me, mama, I’m gonna rip this crazy town.

 

                        C                                    G

She could be dyin’, oh, oh, no, well, it can’t much matter to you,

                   C                                                   A                              D

I found her lyin’, yeah, yeah, yeah, near the ball park down at school.

 

                        D                                           A

4. The sheriff came home to question my brother,

                            C                                       G

    I could have dropped down through the floor.

                            D                                                  A  

    Before I could turn around, he was running for cover,

               C                                 G

    like a billy goat through the door.

 

                        C                                    G

She could be dyin’, oh, oh, no, well, it can’t much matter to you,

                   C                                                   A                              D

I found her lyin’, yeah, yeah, yeah, near the ball park down at school.

 

+ D - D7 - D7       + G - D - G - A7

 

                     D                  A                           C                         G

5. Well, I’m sitting in the back porch on the north-west side of town,

                    D                                   A                          C                   G

    picturing last night way up in the city, where they shot my baby down.

 

                        C                                    G

She could be dyin’, oh, oh, no, well, it can’t much matter to you,

                   C                                                   A                              D

I found her lyin’, yeah, yeah, yeah, near the ball park down at school.

 

+  D ~ ~

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Wizzard)