Blind Man In The Bleachers

Spoken:

Verse 1
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He's just the blind man in the 
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bleachers to the local hometown fans
       G (walk down)    Em       A7 
             D
And he sits beneath the speakers way
 back in the stands
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And he listens to the play by 
            G           C
play, he's just waiting for one name
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He wants to hear his son get in 
  G
the game
        G                C        
But the boy's just not a hero, 
  G               C
he's strictly second team
          G (walk down)       Em    
            A7               D
Though he runs each night for 
touchdowns in his fathers sweetest 
dreams
G               C                
He's gonna be a star someday 
   G               C
though you might never tell
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But the blind man in the bleachers
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 knows he will

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Verse 2
        G                C        
And the last game of the season is
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 a Friday night at home
And no one knows the reason but the 
C                D
blind man didn't come
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      G (walk down)    Em
And his boy looks kinda 
nervous,sometimes turns around and 
stares
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Just as though he sees the old 
          G
man sitting there

Music like Verse 1
Well, the local boys are tryin' but 
they slowly lose their will
Another players down and now he's 
carried from the field
At halftime in the locker room the 
kid goes off alone
And no one sees him talkin' on the 
phone

Music like Verse 2
And the games already started when 
he gets back to the team
And half the crowd can hear his 
coach yell, "Where the hell you 
been?"
"Just getting' ready for the second 
half", is all he'll say
"Cause no you're gonna let me in to 
play"

Music like Verse 2
And without another word he turns 
and runs into the game
And though the silence on the field,
 loudspeakers call his name
It'll make the local papers how the 
team came from behind
When they saw him playing out his 
heart to win

Music like Verse 1
And when the game was over the coach
 asked him to tell
What was it he was thinkin' of that 
made him play so well
"Well, you knew my Dad was blind", 
he said, "Tonight he passed away"
"It's the first time that my 
father's seen me play"