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Peter, Paul & Mary
Verse 1: [C] Saturday summers when I was a [Am] kid, We’d [F] run to the school yard and [Dm] here’s what we did, We’d [F] pick out the captains and we’d [G] choose up the teams, It was [Am] always a measure of [G] my self [Dm] esteem. Cause the [F] fastest, the strongest played [Dm] shortstop and first, The last ones they picked were the [G] worst. I [A#MAJ7] never needed to ask it was sealed. I just [F] took up my place in right [G7] field.
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[CHORUS] – – – – – [G7] Playing [C] right field, its [Am] easy you know, [F] You can be awkward, [Dm] you can be slow, That’s why [F] I’m here in right field, Just [G] watching the dandelions [C] grow.
Verse 2: Playing [C] right field can be [Am] lonely and dull, [F] Little leagues never have [G] lefties that pull. I [F] dream of the day, when they [G] hit one my way, [F] They never did, but [G] still I would pray; That
[Dm] I’d make a fantastic [G] catch on the run, and [Dm] not lose the ball in the [G] sun. And [BbMAJ7] then I’d awake from this long reverie, and [Dm] pray that the ball never [G] came out to me.
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[solo break] – – – – Whistle – [C] Take me out to the [G] ballgame . . .
That’s why [F] I’m here in right field just [G] watching the dandelions [C] grow.
[ PAUSE for effect – change in situation ] – – – – – Verse 3: [C] Off in the distance, the [Am] game’s dragging on, There’s [G] strikes on the batter, some runners are on, I [F] don’t know the inning, I’ve for-[G] -gotten the score. The [Dm] whole team is yelling, and I [G] don’t know what for. [F] Suddenly everyone’s [Dm] looking at me, My [F] mind has been [G] wandering, [F] what could it [G7] be? They [BbMAJ7] point to the sky and I look up above, And the baseball falls into my [G7] glove. [ PAUSE – Hopefully clapping and cheering ] – – – – – [G7] [PROUDLY] Here in [C] right field, Its [Am] important you know, You gotta [F] know how to catch, you gotta [G] know how to throw, That’s why [F] I’m here in right field, Just [G] watching the [G7] dandelions [C] grow.
