Sporting Life Blues

Sporting Life Blues trad. arr Dave Van Ronk

Transcription and data entry by Allyn Dimock with Dave's permission ("sure go

ahead, I stole them all myself" in front of Passim's, fall 1994). Probably

plenty of mistakes for you to fix: this is a mix of what I scribbled down

while listening, and what fell more naturally under my fingers later.

This version from "Your Basic Dave Van Ronk" Kicking Mule 177 (currently (1995)

available on cassette, no CD re-release yet). See recording for lyric and tune.

Intro and second break:

1 D

E--------|--------------------------------|-------0-----------3-5s6-|

B-7-8s9--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---6-7-----|-------7---7-------------|

G-7-9s10-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------7-5-|-------5---5-------4-5s6-|

D-0------|----------0---------------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|

A--------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|

D--------|-0------------------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|

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3 G (Gm) D B7

E-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------|-------5-----------------|-2---------------2-------|

B-----------------6br-3---|-3---------3-----3-3-5-6-|-----------------0-------|

G-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------4-|-------4---3-------------|-----2-----------2-----1-|

D-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----1-----1-----|

A-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------2-------------|

D-5-----------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|-0-----------------------|

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6 E9 A13 D

E-2---0-------2---0-------|-------2---3-----4-------|-----------------------5-|

B-------------2---2-----3-|-------1---3-----3-------|-10--7-----------8-----7-|

G-1-----------0---0-----2-|-------2---4-----4-------|-----------------6-------|

D-------2-----2-----2-----|-------0-----------------|-------9---7-----7-------|

A-----------0-------------|-------------------------|-------------0-----------|

D-2-----------------------|-0---------------------0-|-------------------------|

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Verse (more or less, varies)

1

E--------------------------|-------------------------|-----3-------------3----|

B--------------------------|-------------------------|-----3-------------3---3|

G-------7----------7-7-----|-------------------------|-----4-----4-------4---3|

D-0-----0------7-----7-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----5-----------5----|

A-----------0--------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

D------------------------0-|-----2-----3-----4-----5-|-------------5----------|

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E-------------------------|-----------------2-------|-0---------------0-------|

B-------3h5p3-----------3-|-------3---------0-------|-----------------2-----3-|

G-------3-----------3---2-|-------2-----2---------1-|-------------2---------2-|

D-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----1-----1-----|-------2-----2-----2-----|

A-------------------------|-----------2-------------|-----------0-------------|

D-5-----------5-----------|-0-----------------------|-2-----------------------|

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E-------2---3-----4-------|-------------------------||

B-------1---3-----3-----3-|-10--------------8-------||

G-------2---4-----4-------|-----7-----------6-------||

D------------(0)----0-----|-------9---7-----7-------||

A-------------------------|-------------0-----------||

D-0-----------------------|-------------------------||

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Break

E/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|-----7-------7---5-------|

B/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-9-|-10101010101010101010----|---------0---------8-----|

G-------------------------|-------------------------|-----7-7---7-------------|

D-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-5-----------------5-----|

A-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

D-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0---------5-|-------------5---------5-|

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E-----5-3-----5---3-------|-----------------7-------|-----0-----------2-0-----|

B-----3-----3-3---3-3h5-7-|-------7-8-9-10----------|-------3---3-----2-2---3-|

G---------4---4---3-------|-------------------8-----|-----1---4-------0-0---2-|

D-5-----5-----------0-----|-------0-----------9-----|-------------------------|

A-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------0-----------|

D-------------5-----------|-0-----------9---------2-|-------2-----------------|

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E-------2---3-----4-------|-------------------------||

B-------1---3-----3-------|-10--------------8-------||

G-------2---4-----4-------|-----7-----------6-------||

D-------------------0-----|-------9---7-----7-------||

A-------------------------|-------------0-----------||

D-0-----------------------|-------------------------||

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