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SONG TITLE: The Lonesome Kicker
ARTIST/GROUP: Adam Sandler
ALBUM: What's Your Name?
TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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CHORDS:
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EADGBE
E (022100)
B (x2444x)
A (x02220)
C#m (x46654)
E2 (x7999x)
Yet another Adam Sandler song! Not that interesting, but someone's
been requesting it again and again so I decided to tab it. I didn't
tab out the little guitar fills though, just the chords. Enjoy!
INTRO:
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"What's your name?"
E B A
E B A
VERSE 1:
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E B A
Me, I'm the lonesome kicker
E B A
Extra points, field goals, at your service
E B A
One might think, it comes, with glory
E B A
You might think different after you listen to my story
VERSE 2:
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E B A
My helmet is equipped with a tiny face mask
E B A
What it possibly could protect, I do not know
E B A
The other guys on the team like to make fun of my little shoulder pads,
E B A
And also like to hide the special shoe I made to kick in the snow
VERSE 3:
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E B A
People think it's so easy to kick a field goal from the 30 yard line,
E B
But they forget to add 7 yards for the snap and ten more 'cause
A
the goal posts are pushed way back
E B A
In 1974, the uprights were right on the goal lines, but some of the
players were running into them and getting hurt
E B A
So screw the kicker, who cares about the kicker?
CHORUS:
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A
But I kick that ball,
B
And I pray it goes straight,
E2 C#m
If it does, the coach says, "Good Job, Number 8"
A B
He doesn't even know my name,
E2 C#m
It's Andre Christochovitchlalinsky, Jr.
A B
But that's the life I live,
E B A
The lonesome kicker
VERSE 4:
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E B A
Kick-offs can be so very scary,
E B A
Especially if the returner breaks on through,
E B A
And I'm the only guy on the playing field left to tackle him
E B A
I don't want to get hurt, so I pretend to tie my shoe
VERSE 5:
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E B A
Once again, I'm ignored by my teammates and all my coaches
E B A
"Go back where you came from!" screamed 70 thousand fans
E B A
Well I know I could win their love back by catching a winning touchdown,
E B A
But unfortunately I was born with these very small hands
CHORUS:
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A B
Well, I hope that the cameras don't come in too close,
E2 C#m
'Cause they might see the tears in my eyes,
A B
As I sit on this bench made of coldhearted wood,
E2 C#m
And the splinters go deep in my thighs
A B
Oh, the towel-boy snickers as he walks by,
E
the lonesome kicker
BRIDGE:
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A B
Another blocked kick
A B
And everybody blames me
A B
But it was the left guard
C#m B A
Who didn't pick-off his man!
E B A E B A
Oh, why can't they see?
VERSE 6:
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E B A
In my home country, I could've been a minor-league soccer player,
E B A
But I came to America seeking fortune, and seeking fame
E B A
I didn't realize that if I shanked one and blew the point spread,
E B A
Some drunk guys would push me into their Hibachi after the game
CHORUS:
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A B
So I go home at night, 'cause I never get invited
E2 C#m
to go drinking with the other guys,
A B
And I sit in my chair and I soak my foot,
E2 C#m
As I eat a plate of cold french-fries,
A B
And my wife's out with a quote-unquote "friend",
E2 C#m
And my son can't look me in the eye
A B
But that's the life I live,
E B A
The lonesome kicker
OUTRO:
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B E B A
Kickin' for you...
B E B A
They took my snow shoe...
B [stop] E C#m A B
They're going for....twoooooooo...
E
Ooh, ooh
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