Intro
[C]
Verse 1
[C]
First it was Pluto, the furthest, coldest planet
[C] [G]
They said it’s not a planet after all
[G]
Then suddenly a dollar isn’t worth a dollar
[G7] [C]
And banks too big to fail began to fall
[C]
All of this and more, I could accept that’s how it goes
[C7] [F]
But now I’m down here begging on my knees
[F] [G]
‘Cause now they’re trying to tell us
[C] [A7]
Lou Gehrig didn’t die
[D7] [G] [C]
Of Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Verse 2
[C]
You all remember Lou, the Yankee slugger who
[C] [G]
Along with Babe Ruth made the Bronx bombers go
[G]
Ruth he batted third, Gehrig fourth
[G7] [C]
A little thing called Murderer’s Row
[C]
Change history, make it new, Lindbergh sailed the ocean blue
[C7] [F]
But don’t tear down my idols please
[F] [G] [C] [A7]
Don't say Lou Gehrig didn’t die
[D7] [G] [C]
Of Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Bridge
[F]
Never be another Gehrig
[C]
Never be another Ruth
[G]
All the modern sluggers
[C]
Got there on the juice
[F] [C]
Ripken broke the Iron Horse’s streak
[D] [G]
But Ripken never had his own disease
[Instrumental Break]
[C]
[C] [G]
[G]
[G] [C] [C7]
Bridge
[F] [C]
Whose disease is it, whose disease was it
[G] [C]
If you didn’t get it, if you didn't catch it
[F]
Jim Bob Jorgensen’s Disease?
[C]
Flora Richardson’s Disease
[D]
Chan-Ho’s Disease?
[G]
Muhammad Braznaka’s Disease
[G]
Whose Disease was it?
[G]
Whose Disease was it?
[G] [G7] N.C.
Whose Disease was it?
Verse 3
[C]
Next they’ll be sayin Grant isn’t buried
[C] [G]
In Grant’s tomb -- nope, a guy named Pettit
[G]
The White House isn’t white, Red Square isn’t red
[G] [C]
And the Alamo? Just forget it
[C]
Mondale beat Reagan, Nixon, he beat Kennedy
[C7] [F]
And Lassie, Lassie has fleas
[F] [G] [C] [A7]
If Lou Gehrig didn’t die
[D7] [G] [C] [A7]
Of Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Outro
[D7] [G] [C] [A7]
Lou Gehrig’s Disease
[D7] [G] [C]
Lou Gehrig’s Disease
