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                SONG TITLE: The Lonesome Kicker
              ARTIST/GROUP: Adam Sandler
                     ALBUM: What's Your Name?
            TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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CHORDS:
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     EADGBE
E   (022100)
B   (x2444x)
A   (x02220)
C#m (x46654)
E2  (x7999x)


Yet another Adam Sandler song! Not that interesting, but someone's
been requesting it again and again so I decided to tab it. I didn't
tab out the little guitar fills though, just the chords. Enjoy!


INTRO:
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"What's your name?"

E  B  A
E  B  A


VERSE 1:
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E           B        A
Me, I'm the lonesome kicker
      E             B              A
Extra points, field goals, at your service
          E         B           A
One might think, it comes, with glory
          E                         B         A
You might think different after you listen to my story


VERSE 2:
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   E          B                   A
My helmet is equipped with a tiny face mask
        E                 B              A
What it possibly could protect, I do not know
    E                              B                     A
The other guys on the team like to make fun of my little shoulder pads,
    E                     B                           A
And also like to hide the special shoe I made to kick in the snow


VERSE 3:
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E                    B                         A
People think it's so easy to kick a field goal from the 30 yard line,
         E                             B
But they forget to add 7 yards for the snap and ten more 'cause
    A
the goal posts are pushed way back
   E         B                                          A
In 1974, the uprights were right on the goal lines, but some of the

players were running into them and getting hurt
   E                 B                     A
So screw the kicker,   who cares about the kicker?


CHORUS:
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      A
But I kick that ball,
      B
And I pray it goes straight,
      E2                          C#m
If it does, the coach says, "Good Job, Number 8"
   A                    B
He doesn't even know my name,
                  E2                C#m
It's Andre Christochovitchlalinsky, Jr.
    A                 B
But that's the life I live,
             E      B   A
The lonesome kicker


VERSE 4:
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E             B          A
Kick-offs can be so very scary,
 E                  B                A
Especially if the returner breaks on through,
    E            B                        A
And I'm the only guy on the playing field left to tackle him
  E                          B            A
I don't want to get hurt, so I pretend to tie my shoe


VERSE 5:
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E                          B                       A
Once again, I'm ignored by my teammates and all my coaches
    E                          B                    A
"Go back where you came from!" screamed 70 thousand fans
       E                      B                       A
Well I know I could win their love back by catching a winning touchdown,
      E                 B                    A
But unfortunately I was born with these very small hands


CHORUS:
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        A                                B
Well, I hope that the cameras don't come in too close,
            E2                        C#m
'Cause they might see the tears in my eyes,
     A                         B
As I sit on this bench made of coldhearted wood,
        E2                      C#m
And the splinters go deep in my thighs
        A                        B
Oh, the towel-boy snickers as he walks by,
             E
the lonesome kicker


BRIDGE:
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A B
    Another blocked kick
A B
    And everybody blames me
A B
    But it was the left guard
    C#m         B       A
Who didn't pick-off his man!
                   E     B   A     E   B   A
Oh, why can't they see?


VERSE 6:
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   E                B                              A
In my home country, I could've been a minor-league soccer player,
      E               B                            A
But I came to America seeking fortune, and seeking fame
  E                        B               A
I didn't realize that if I shanked one and blew the point spread,
     E                        B            A
Some drunk guys would push me into their Hibachi after the game


CHORUS:
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     A                          B
So I go home at night, 'cause I never get invited
      E2                      C#m
to go drinking with the other guys,
      A                     B
And I sit in my chair and I soak my foot,
     E2                         C#m
As I eat a plate of cold french-fries,
       A                 B
And my wife's out with a quote-unquote "friend",
       E2                       C#m
And my son can't look me in the eye
    A                       B
But that's the life I live,
             E        B    A
The lonesome kicker


OUTRO:
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B           E     B    A
Kickin' for you...
     B            E     B    A
They took my snow shoe...
B [stop]                      E    C#m    A    B
  They're going for....twoooooooo...
     E
Ooh, ooh


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