Bottom of the 5th
Curtis Grimes
Key of: Bb
CAPO 3: (key of G)
Intro: G Em C D G Em C D G Em C D
Verse 1:
G D
A hanging curve trying to paint the black
C D
Gave my high school coach a heart attack
G D C
8 outs away, from winning state
C D G
All I had to do was make no mistakes
G Em C
And there it went, like a Goodyear blimp
C D G
Over the right field wall into some fans mitt
G D C D
I was standing there, on a mound of dirt feeling hurt cause I blew it in the bottom of the
Chorus 1:
G Em C D
fifth Man it's the pits, when your well runs dry and your time runs out
G Em C D
You can't quit, getting lit, up quicker than a sky on the 4th of July
C C/B Amin
When you put it out there and lay it all on the line
D
Just to lose it in the bottom of the fifth
Re Intro: G Em C D
Verse 2:
G D
Shari Ann was my high school flame
C D
I lost her too when I lost that game
G D
Cause she was looking for the next big thing
C D
It hit me hard getting back that ring
G Em C D
So I turned that Jack D up, and good God all mighty it's some powerful stuff
G D C D
The heartache seemed to fade away and you dadgum straight it was gone by the bottom of a
Chorus 2
G Em C D
fifth Man it's the pits, when your well runs dry and your time runs out
G Em C D
You can't quit, getting lit, up quicker than a sky on the 4th of July
C C/B Amin
When you put it out there and lay it all on the line
D
Just to lose it in the bottom of the fifth
GUITAR SOLO: G Em C D G Em C D
Bridge:
C C/B Am
This ain't no glass half-empty thing
C C/B D
This is almost there with the one that got away Then you lose it in the bottom of the
Chorus 3:
G Em C D
fifth Aww it's the pits, when your well runs dry and your time runs out
G Em C D
You can't quit, getting lit, up quicker than a sky on the 4th of July
C C/B Am
When you put it out there and lay it all on the line
D G
Just to lose it in the bottom of the fifth
G Em C D
Ain't it a pitch, when your well runs dry and your time runs out
G Em C D
You can't quit, getting lit, up quicker than a sky on the 4th of July
C C/B Am
When you put it out there and lay it all on the line
D G Em C
Just to lose it in the bottom of the fifth
D G Em C D
Just to lose it in the bottom of the fifth
Outro: Double Time feel
(G Em C D ) 2x's
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