Intro - C - F - Am - G = 4x's


(verse 1)
C                     F     Am            G
He had his cleets laced up, on the wrong feet,
C                     F            Am         G
Had his glove on his head, tryin to beat the heat,
F           C                   G    C
Coach said son are you here to play ball,
          F          C              F           G  
With the sun in his eyes he looked up and said, nah,


(chorus)
C  F  Am      G           C - F - Am - G
I'm,   gonna break the record, 
C  F  Am        G        C -  F - Am - G
I'm,   swingin for the fence,
C                  F             Am        G          C
My brother had a letter on his sweater but I can do better,
       F       Am        G    
I'm a real go getter, whatch me now, 
C  F  Am      G           C- F - Am - G
I'm,   gonna break the record,


(verse 2)
C                F        Am        G
That little boy made, the all star team,
C                         F         Am            G
Through High school and college, he lived out his dream,
         F         C            G               C
And his hometown friends, said the big leagues called,
          F          C              F              G
Said are you gonna try out he just smiled and said nah,


(chorus)
C  F  Am      G           C - F - Am - G
I'm,   gonna break the record, 
C  F  Am        G        C -  F - Am - G
I'm,   swingin for the fence,
C                  F             Am        G          C
My brother had a letter on his sweater but I can do better,
       F       Am       G    
I'm a real go getter, whatch me now, 
C  F  Am      G           C- F - Am - G
I'm,   gonna break the record,


(lead chords - C - F - Am - G)



(verse 3)
And the widow of a man, whose record he broke,
Was there that night when the commissioner spoke,
And he gave him a plaque and he said well done,
Then he leaned in and whispered, somewhere, someone sayin,


(chorus)

I'm gonna break the record, I'm swingin for the fence,
My brother had a letter on his sweater but I can do better,
I'm a real go getter, whatch me now, I'm gonna break the record