:D   A7 :D7M 
There were two men down 
       :G     D7 :G   
And the score was tied 
E7       :F#m    D     :Bm7 
   In the bottom of the eighth 
        :Dm6    :A   : 
When the pitcher died 


 A7         :D    A7 :D7M 
    And they laid his spikes 
      :G    D7  :G     
On the pitcher's mound 
E7        :F#m D       :Bm7  
   And his uni-form was torn 
       :Dm6       :  
And his number was left on the ground 


E       :Am    F     :Am  : 
Then the night turned cold 
Bb7M         : 
Colder than the moon 
   :Gm                 :Dm 
The stars were white as bones 
   :B7M      :   : 
The stadium was old 
E             :       : 
Older than the screams 
A             : 
Older than the teams 


          :D     A7 :D7M 
There were three men down 
       :G  D7 :G  
And the season lost 
E7        :Bm           :Em  :Bb7M : 
   And the tarpaulin was ro---lled 
 :D      A7    :D7M : 
Upon the winter frost 


G D7 :G D7 G:D Em :A :D :  :