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?????????????????????????????????????????THE MAGIC IN THE YARD
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T. Edwin Doss t.edwindoss@wildblue.net 240-351-3024

WHEN I WAS ONLY SEVEN YEARS OLD, MY FATHER COULD NOT WAIT.
HE BOUGHT ME A BRAND NEW BASEBALL GLOVE.... WAS THE SPRING OF "FIFTY-EIGHT".
ALREADY HAD SHOWN ME SECRETS OF THE GAME, TO BE A BIG LEAGUE STAR.....HE GAVE TO ME WHAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM...
THE DIAMOND SKILLS OF THE "YARD".

I'LL ALWAYS BE THERE WHEN YOU WIN,
I'll BE THERE, IF YOU SHOULD LOSE.....WINNERS KNOW
HOW TO PLAY THE GAME, BY THE COMPANY THAT
THEY CHOOSE.....ONE DAY YOU'LL FIND WHAT'S INSIiDE
YOURSELF WHEN YOU THINK YOUR LIFE IS HARD......
HIT'EM AND GO GET'EM, SON,
THERE'SMAGIC IN THE YARD.

WHEN I TURNED SIXTEEN, I COULD POP-UP SLIDE...COULD BUNT
AND I COULD STEAL. COULD THROW OUT A RUNNER TRYING TO SCORE FROM "SECOND", ON A BASE-HIT TO CENTERFIELD.
HE GAVE ME MORE THAN HE EVER HAD,...OFTEN WONDER WHERE
I'D BE......IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE MAGIC IN THE YARD, AND THE GAME HE GAVE TO ME.

(Modulation)...Em7 - A

I KNOW THE ANSWERS FOR MANY THINGS... SOME, I'M STILL WONDERING WHY.
ALWAYS THOUGHT THINGS WOULD STAY THE SAME,...MY HEROS
WOULD NEVER DIE.
DAD TAUGHT ME TO LIVE MY LIFE WITH HONOR... PLAY WITH ALL MY HEART.....I'LL NEVER FORGET THE GREATEST GIFT,
AND THE MAGIC IN THE YARD.

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