Football Song Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays453

Football Song by Matt Fishel is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am, G6, F, Bb, E, Em, D, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 

Verse 
    C                          G 
I'm sitting on the back of the football bus 
        Am               G6          F 
All the lads are wearing shorts and shin pads 
Am                            G6     F        Bb           G 
Talkin' ‘bout the game they're gonna win this afternoon 
C                             G 
And all this display of masculinity, 
          Am         G6         F 
Well it's making me feel a bit nauseous 
     Am                  G6      F     Bb           G 
So I close my eyes and I pray it'll be over soon 
    C                       G                     Am                           F 
Now I have never functioned well at a competitive sport, I just can't find the fun 
       Am                C         F                           Bb         G 
And besides, I'm far too paranoid about the way I look when I run! 

     F                    G 
So I sit here combing my hair 
           E                Em 
Trying my hardest not to stare 
          G        F 
But it's getting colder 
           Em 
Then the whistle blows 

D (two bars) 

       G                     Bm 
I will never be Captain, but I will be King 
        C                      D 
And I'm gonna achieve the most wonderful things 
     Em                    D               C             D 
That don't involve playing football in the rain 
       G                   Bm 
I will never be one of the lads in the team 
         C                      D 
But I'll conquer the system and fight for my dreams 
    Em              D            C 
And I don't know if I could ever win – 
        D                           G        Bm  Em  D    C        D         G 
But I'm gonna be the best there's ever been 

C                         G 
Johnny is the head of our football team 
          Am                           F 
He always boasts to his friends about women 
   Am             G    F                Bb                             G 
I wonder if he'd carry on that way if I told them all the places we'd been in 
    C                           G                      Am                     F 
And Johnny struts around on the football pitch with an arrogant smirk on his face 
       Am            G     F                   Bb                       G 
But he wears a smile of a different kind when he comes to stay over at my place! 
         F                     G 
And I'll sit there combing my hair 
           E                    Am 
While he's taking off his underwear 
         G       F 
And it's getting warmer 
          Em 
'Til the whistle blows 

D (two bars) 

G                     Bm 
Johnny is captain and Johnny is King 
        C                       D 
And his parents are hoping for wonderful things 
     Em                D                    C                 D 
That don't involve him screwing ‘round with me 
G                         Bm 
Johnny's the best-looking lad on the team 
        C                          D 
All the guys want to be him, he's every girl's dream 
        Em            D           C 
And no, I don't think I will ever win – 
        D                              G      Bm  Em  D    C        D         G 
But I'm gonna be the best there's ever been 

    C                                    G 
I'm sitting on the back of the football bus 
       A     Am               F 
And I wonder will it ever change? 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante