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Story behind the song
John Grisham wrote a story about Calico Joe a baseball player that has his career stopped by a fastball to the head. I made up this from that...still waiting for Grisham to call and say we have a co-write but haven't heard.
Lyrics
Calico Joe
E………………………………………………………………….
In Calico Rock a young man in baseball shoes
E………………………………………………………………………B7
Under blue skies, on grass as green as emerald jewels
E……………………………………………………………….
Strolled to the box with a long slow gate
A…………………………………………….
Where he hailed from, it seems nobody knows
B7………………………………………………………..
The legend has it he would crowd the plate
A…………………………………………..E
And everybody called him Calico Joe
A glove to love and swing as sweet as a pecan pie,
Joe would dig in for the fence to every fans delight
Foul off the tough ones, looking for his pitch
Get one down the middle, off it would go
His legacy grew, giving managers fits
And everyone cheered for Calico Joe
D……………………..A………..E
But not everyone admired him
D………………..A……………………..E
And word got around the league
D…………………A…………………..E
Pitchers threw high and tight
D………….A……………………………E
Until a fastball turned out the lights
D……………………….A………………….E
His fans wailing, deep into the night
Instrumental break
A……………………..E……….E7
A…………………….E………..E7
Walk up to B7 …………walk down to………….A
(short solo back to E)
That never slowed him down, getting hit in the face
Most men would break and give into solemn fate
But he is not an ordinary man
On the fields there's sounds of laughter, soft and low
You can hear the crack of a bat in the stands
And everybody knows its Calico Joe