Right Field




Right Field - Peter, Paul and Mary

Intro: C C/B Am C F Am G7

vs1
C              C/B                   Am       C
Saturday summers, when I was a kid
          F               F                      Dm                   G7
We'd run to the schoolyard and here's what we did
         F                   G7                          F                    G7
We'd pick out the captains and we'd choose up the teams
           C                C/B         Am           C
It was always a measure of my self esteem
                   F                  F                         Dm                 Dm
'Cause the fastest, the strongest, played shortstop and first
        F                     F                        G7            G7
The last ones they picked were the worst
Bb         Bb            Bb            Bb
I never needed to ask, it was sealed,
         G7              G7                 G7…           G7
I just took up my place in right field.            Playing...

Chorus
C        C/B       Am           C
Right field, it's easy, you know.
F                   F                   Dm             G7
You can be awkward and you can be slow
                   F                G7
That's why I'm here in right field
        F                    G7              C        G7     C      C
Just watching the dandelions grow.

vs2
C                       C/B          Am            C
Playing right field can be lonely and dull
F                       F               Dm            G7
Little Leagues never have lefties that pull
     F                   G7              F               G7
I'd dream of the day they'd hit one my way
C                C/B        Am             C
They never did, but still I would pray
        F                F            Dm               Dm
That I'd make a fantastic catch on the run
       F                  F              G7            G7
And not lose the ball in the sun

                Bb   Bb                   Bb          Bb
And then I'd awake from this long reverie
        G7                G7            G7               G7…          
And pray that the ball never came out to me…    Here in…

Chorus
C        C/B       Am           C
Right field, it's easy, you know.
F                   F                   Dm             G7
You can be awkward and you can be slow
                   F                G7
That's why I'm here in right field
        F                    G7              C        G7     C      C
Just watching the dandelions grow.

Whistling (chorus chords minus last C)

vs3
C              C/B               Am                      C
Off in the distance, the game's dragging on,
               F                  F                   Dm              G7
There's strikes on the batter, some runners are on.
   F                      G7              F                   G7
I don't know the inning, I've forgotten the score.
        C                    C/B               Am                     C
The whole team is yelling and I don't know what for.
          F              F               Dm          Dm
Then suddenly everyone's looking at me
      F                       F                G7                 G7
My mind has been wandering; what could it be?
          Bb              Bb           Bb          Bb
They point at the sky and I look up above
           G7                 G7        G7…    
And a baseball falls into my glove!                    Here in…

C      C/B       Am                  C
right field, it's important you know.
                 F                   F                        Dm                G7
You gotta know how to catch, you gotta know how to throw,
                   F               G7                   F                    G7             C      G7     C-C-F   C
That's why I'm here in right field, just watching the dandelions grow!


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