C                                  F                  C
In the joy of the new season we'd ride our bikes for miles
C
To a vacant lot on Maple Street
         F                  G
toss the bat and choose up sides
C
All summer long from dusk till dawn
F                C
we all paid our dues
C                          F            G
Everybody was the babe but I was always 42
Am
As the jerseys faded one by one
F                        C
the babes would come and go
C                                   F            G
But I played every inning from the sandlot to the show
         F            C
Got my letter and my grip
     Am          F
I'l see you boys around
        C         G         Am
I got a one way ticket to Cooperstown
     F      C
My ticket's punched to Cooperstown

[Verse 2]
C                                 F             C
His rookie year they called him up just to send him down
C
Couldn't even hit his weight
         F                G
Couldn't turn that thing around
C
But on the field that echoes life
        F                  C
It's a boys game played by men
C
and sometimes it knocks you down
             F     G
But you get back up again
F
He's got his number
C
He's got his grip
        Am        F
He's following a sound
C           G
Destiny is calling
        Am
From Cooperstown
       F       C  G     C
These wheels are bound for Cooperstown

[Verse 3]
C
Well I learned to play down in triple A
      F              C
They gave me one more shot
C
Skip said take the ball kid touch em' all
      F             G
Gotta give it all you got
C
So I played er' one game at a time
     F       C
and that was all it took
C
Just like Jack I never looked back
        F               G
And the rest is in the books
            F               C
There ain't nothin' I can't do
Am        F
Just like 42
      F   C G    Am
What goes around comes around
        F        C              Am
These wheels are bound for Cooperstown
        F        C              Am
These wheels are bound for Cooperstown