Coming Up For Air

E A Dressed in gold and blue E B C# I'll tell anyone who listens B A I played fullback in '82 E A You bet my ring still fits E B C# I'll tell anyone who listens B A You win state with heart and grit F# A I don't talk about the headaches E B No I don't talk about the nights when I forget where we parked F# A I don't talk about the desperate thoughts E B That come for me in the dark, they come for me in the dark C# A E B I felt it radiate, through my bones into my fingers C# A E B When the fight song plays, I swear my soul came up for air C# A E B C# And on my lowest days I watch these boys fight under bright florescent glare A And I feel alone up there (?) E A At the landing strip E B C# I'll tell anyone who listens B A That Riggins boy plays like I did E A In the parking lot E B C# I'll tell anyone who listens B A You win games running the rock F# A But I don't talk about the mood swings E B I'm too embarrassed by the night I yelled at coach and his kid F# A I don't talk about the tougher weeks E B When I can't get out of bed, can't get myself out of bed, can't get myself out of bed Second Solo ( E A, E B, C#, B, A, B C# A E B I felt it radiate, through my bones into my fingers C# A E B When the fight song plays, I swear my soul came up for air C# A E B C# And on my lowest days I watch these boys fight under bright florescent glare A And I feel alone up there (?) E A Dressed in gold and blue E B C# I'll tell anyone who listens B A I played fullback in '82