Take Me Out to The Ball Game
Key: G
Copyright 1908 and 1927

Chords and Lyrics Provided by Judy Muldawer and Nick Voutsinas
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File Created 11/27/2014
File Edited 4/5/2019

1908 Verse 1:

G               G7
Katie Casey was base ball mad.
C                 Am
Had the fever and had it bad;
D                    D7
Just to root for the home town crew,
               G     D7
Ev'ry sou Katie blew.
G              G7
On a Saturday, her young beau
C                      Am
Called to see if she'd like to go,
   A7                  D
To see a show but Miss Kate said,
          E7                    D   D7
"No, I'll tell you what you can do."

Chorus:

 G                  D    D7
"Take me out to the ball game,
G                    D7
Take me out with the  crowd.
E7                      Am
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
A7                D         D7
I don't care if I never get back,
       G                        D    D7
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
   G          G7         C
If they don't win it's a shame.
              C#dimG                     E7
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
       A7  D7   G     D7
At the old ball game."

1908 Verse 2:

G               G7
Katie Casey saw all the games
C                   Am
Knew the players by their first names;
D               D7
Told the umpire he was wrong,
                   G      D7
All along good and strong.
G                      G7
When the score was just two to two,
C                Am
Katie Casey knew what to do,
A7                   D
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
    E7            A7        D
She made the gang sing this song

Chorus:

G                  D    D7
Take me out to the ball game,
G                    D7
Take me out with the crowd.
E7                      Am
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
A7                D         D7
I don't care if I never get back,
       G                        D    D7
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
   G          G7         C
If they don't win it's a shame.
              C#dimG                     E7
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
       A7  D7   G
At the old ball game."

1927 Verse 1:

G                 G7
Nelly Kelly loved baseball games,
C                      Am
Knew the players, knew all their names,
D                       D7
You could see her there ev'ry day,
                            G    D7
Shout "Hurray," when they'd play.
G                     G7
Her boy friend by the name of Joe
C                     Am
Said, "To Coney Isle, dear, let's go,"
     A7               D
Then Nelly started to fret and pout,
    E7       A7        D     D7
And to him I heard her shout.

Chorus:

G                  D    D7
Take me out to the ball game,
G                    D7
Take me out with the crowd.
E7                      Am
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
A7                D         D7
I don't care if I never get back,
       G                        D    D7
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
   G          G7         C
If they don't win it's a shame.
              C#dimG                     E7
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
       A7  D7   G     D7
At the old ball game."

1927 Verse 2:

G               G7
Nelly Kelly was sure some fan,
C                        Am
She would root just like any man,
D               D7
Told the umpire he was wrong,
                    G      D7
All along, good and strong.
G                       G7
When the score was just two to two,
C                Am
Nelly Kelly knew what to do,
A7                   D
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
    E7            A7        D    D7
She made the gang sing this song.

Chorus:

G                  D    D7
Take me out to the ball game,
G                    D7
Take me out with the crowd.
E7                      Am
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
A7                D         D7
I don't care if I never get back,
       G                        D    D7
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
   G          G7         C
If they don't win it's a shame.
              C#dimG                     E7
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
       A7  D7   G
At the old ball game."

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