Capo 1
Intro (piano): E7 E7|A7|E7|

A7 (x02020@1)  
Tessie is the Royal Rooters rally cry
  
   E7 (020130@1)Tessie is the tune they always sung

E7 (020130@1)Tessie echoed April through October nights

D (xx0232@1)                               E7After (020130@1)serenading Stahl, Dinneen and Young
   
  A7Tessie (x02020@1)is a maiden with a sparkling eye
  
 E7Tessie (020130@1)is a maiden with a love

E7She (020130@1)doesn't know the meaning of her sight

D (xx0232@1)                       E7She's (020130@1)got a comment full of love

(Interlude):
A7|A7|E7|E7|E7|E7|D|E7

A7And (x02020@1)sometimes when the game is on the line

E7 (020130@1)Tessie always carried them away

E7Up (020130@1)the road from "Third Base" to Huntington

D (xx0232@1)                         E7(mute (020130@1)right before Two three four)
The boys will always sing and sway
 
Two! Three! Four!
 
  
A (x02220@1)      A7 (x02020@1)                      DTessie, (xx0232@1)"Nuf Ced" McGreevey shouted

We're not here to mess around
 
 A (x02220@1)                EBoston, (022100@1)you know we love you madly

A (x02220@1)               E7Hear (020130@1)the crowd roar to your sound

A (x02220@1)                 A7Don't (x02020@1)blame us if we ever doubt you

DYou (xx0232@1)know we couldn't live without you

E (022100@1)                 E7 (020130@1)        A (x02220@1)   E7Tessie, (020130@1)you are the only only oooooooonly

A7The (x02020@1)Rooters showed up at the grounds one day

E7They (020130@1)found their seats had all been sold

E7McGreevey (020130@1)led the charge into the park

D (xx0232@1)                                   E7Stormed (020130@1)the gates and put the game on hold

A7The (x02020@1)Rooters gave the other team a dreadful fright

E7Boston's (020130@1)tenth man could not be wrong

E7Up (020130@1)from "Third Base" to Huntington

D (xx0232@1)                         E7(mute (020130@1)before two three four)
They'd sing another victory song
 
Two! Three! Four!

A (x02220@1)     A7 (x02020@1)                       DTessie, (xx0232@1)"Nuf Ced" McGreevey shouted

We're not here to mess around

A (x02220@1)                EBoston, (022100@1)you know we love you madly

A (x02220@1)               E7 (020130@1)
Hear the crowd roar to your sound

A (x02220@1)                  A7Don't (x02020@1)blame us if we ever doubt you

DYou (xx0232@1)know we couldn't live without you

E (022100@1)                  E7 (020130@1)       A (x02220@1)    E7Tessie, (020130@1)you are the only only ooooooonly
 
 A7 (x02020@1)                                        (mute)  
The Rooters gave the other team a dreadful fright

Boston's tenth man could not be wrong

E7Up (020130@1)from "Third Base" to Huntington

D (xx0232@1)                          E7(mute (020130@1)right before two three four)     
They'd sing another victory song
 
Two! Three! Four!
 
  
A (x02220@1)      A7 (x02020@1)                      DTessie, (xx0232@1)"Nuf Ced" McGreevey shouted

We're not here to mess around
 
 A (x02220@1)                EBoston, (022100@1)you know we love you madly

A (x02220@1)               E7Hear (020130@1)the crowd roar to your sound

A (x02220@1)                 A7Don't (x02020@1)blame us if we ever doubt you

DYou (xx0232@1)know we couldn't live without you

E (022100@1)                 E7 (020130@1)        A (x02220@1)   E7Red (020130@1)Sox, you are the only only oooooooonly

Outro: A|E|A|E7 
It fades out so you can stop whenever you'd like!