A Dying Cub Fans Last Request

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("Boom chk" strumming pattern (bass 
note, then chord) in the verse; 
free-er in the chorus.)


[Verse 1]
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By the shores of old Lake 
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Michigan,
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Where the hawk wind blows so 
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cold,
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An old Cub fan lay dying
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In his midnight hour that tolled.
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'Round his bed, his friends had 
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all gathered;
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They knew his time was short,
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So on his head they put this bright 
blue cap
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From his all-time favorite sport.
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He told them, "it's late and its 
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getting dark in here
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And I know its time to go,
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But before I leave the line-up
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There's just one thing I'd like 
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to know:


[Chorus]
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"Do they still play the blues in 
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Chicago
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When baseball season rolls around?
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When the snow melts away,
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Do the Cubbies still play
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In their ivy-covered burial ground?

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When I was a boy they were my pride 
and joy
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But now they only bring fatigue
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To the home of the brave
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The land of the free
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And the doormat of the National 
League."


[Verse 2]
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He told his friends "You know the
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 law of averages says:
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Anything will happen that can." 
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That's what it says.
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But the last year the Cubs won a 
national league pennant
Continues after the ad
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Was the year we dropped the bomb 
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on Japan."

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"The Cubs made me a criminal; 
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Sent me down a wayward path;
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They stole my youth from me." 
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(That's the truth.)
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"I'd forsake my teachers to go sit 
in the bleachers
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In flagrant truancy."
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"And then one thing led to 
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another:
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Soon I'd discovered alcohol, 
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gambling, dope
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Football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis.
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But what do you expect,When you 
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raise up a young boys hope..."
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C       G                       C
"And then just crush it like so 
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many paper beer cups.
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Year after year, after year, 
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after year, After year, after year, 
after year, after year,
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'Til those hopes are just so much 
popcorn
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For pigeons beneath the "EL" 
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tracks to eat."

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He said "You know I'll never see 
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Wrigley Field
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Anymore before my eternal rest,
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So, if you have your pencils and 
your score cards ready,
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I'll read you my last request:"
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C       G                       C
"Give me a double-header funeral 
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in Wrigley Field
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On some sunny weekend day." (No 
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lights.)
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"Have the organ play the National 
Anthem
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And then a little 'Na, Na, Na, 
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Na, Hey Hey, Hey, Goodbye'"
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"Make six bull pen pitchers carry
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 my coffin
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And six ground keepers clear my 
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path.
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Have the umpires bark me out at 
every base
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In all their holy wrath."
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C       G                       C
"It's a beautiful day for a 
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funeral:
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Hey Ernie lets play two!'
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Somebody go get Jack Brickhouse to 
come back
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And conduct just one more 
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interview."

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"Have the Cubbies run right out 
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into the middle of the field
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and have Kieth Moreland drop a 
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routine fly.
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Give everybody two bags of peanuts 
and a frosty malt
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And I'll be ready to die."
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"Build a big fire on home plate 
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out of your 'Louisville Slugger' 
baseball bats
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And toss my coffin in.
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Let my ashes blow in a beautiful 
snow
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From the prevailing 30 
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mile-an-hour southwest wind."

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"When my last remains go flying 
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over the left field wall
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I'll bid the bleacher bums 
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'adieu'
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And come to my final resting place
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Out on Waveland Avenue."
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C       G                       C
The dying man's friends told him 
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to cut it out!
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They said, "stop it, that's an 
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awful shame!"
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He whispered, "Don't cry, we'll 
meet, by and by,
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Near the Heavenly Hall of Fame.
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C       G                       C
He said, "I've got season's 
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tickets to watch the Angels now,
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So that's just what I'm going to 
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do."
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He said, "but you, the living, 
you're stuck here with the Cubs!
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So it's me who feels sorry for 
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you!"
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And he said, "Ahh, play that 
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'Lonesome Loser' tune,
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That's the one I like the best."
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And he closed his eyes, and he 
slipped away.
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That gave us the Dying Cub Fan's 
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Last Request, so here it is:
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[Chorus]
         C                      
"Do they still play the blues in 
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Chicago
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When baseball season rolls around?
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         F             D7/F#
When the snow melts away,
       C                 A
Do the Cubbies still play
         D7                      G
In their ivy-covered burial ground?

     C                        C7
When I was a boy they were my pride 
and joy
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But now they only bring fatigue
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       F             D7/F#
To the home of the brave
    C              A
The land of the free
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And the doormat of the National 
           C
League."


[Other]
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