G  Gm  Dm  F  C
G  Gm  Dm  F  C

Note: Just prior playing G chord at start of Verse 1 and 2, strum all six strings
from the low E to high E near the bridge to give a bright sound.


[Verse 1]
G                  Gm                  F                Dm               C
For sixty years he shined shoes in the same spot in the shadow of Yankee Stadium...
G               Gm                   F                 Dm                     C
As he shines he hears the game, and in his mind he he hears his name as if he played for them...


[Chorus]
D                 D7               Am               Am7             Em
Takes his turn at bat, there's the pitch, he swings at it, and it's gone...
A                D
Back through the years he's gone...
   Em                  A                D
To take the field with Ruth and Gehrig, bring the pennant home...
   F               G                C             Am
He sees himself in pinstripes, in a lineup of his own...
     D             C             D             C       G
He's stranded on a basepath, somewhere between old and New York.



[Verse 2]
     G             Gm              F                Dm             C
As a customer asks for a shine, he snaps his cloth, another inning ends...
G               Gm             F                   Dm                  C
Dodgers come to bat, there's a drive, he makes the catch to point he's tossed again...


[Chorus]
D                   D7             Am              Am7           Em
His cloth becomes a glove, as he's done with every customer he's known...
A                D
Back through the years he's gone...
   Em                  A                 D
To take the field with Maris and Mantle, bring the pennant home...
   F               G                C             Am
He sees himself in pinstripes, in a lineup of his own...
     D               C           D             C           G
He's stranded on a basepath, somewhere between old and New York.


[Bridge]
G   Gm   F   Dm  C
G   Gm   F   Dm  C

[Chorus]
D                 D7               Am               Am7             Em
Takes his turn at bat, there's the pitch, he swings at it, there it goes...
A                D
Back through the years he goes...
Em            A                D
Ride a ticker tape parade with Joe DiMaggio...
      F                  G                C              Am
As he patiently signs an autograph with a spitshine on a toe...
     D             C              D            C           G
He's stranded on a basepath, somewhere between old and New York.

[Outro]
G  Gm  F  Dm  C
Ooooh.....
G       F       G       Gm   F    Dm    C
Between old and New York
Da Da Daaaa...
Ooooh...
Ooooh...
Between old and New York