Key: D minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Nevada rain
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The countdown of truth began
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The stage was set, a heavyweight test
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Both challengers hand to hand
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The first bell, rang out
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Verse 2
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And I'll choke before you win
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The champion smiled, a Yankee giant,
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he stood a foot above his chin
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One blow, he was thrown,
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head spinning from the thud against the floor
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Verse 3
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As a stalemate quickly locked
They ducked and dived,
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As the bell rang time to stop
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One rest, one breath then back again to wear
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Verse 4
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Such a brawling battle was a sobering sight,
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with the sound of 14bells
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and their ribs were kicked, eyes were split,
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as our hero hit hard as hell
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each blow it was thrown,
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no mercy in the path of every swing
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Verse 5
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you could see there was a winner
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and the people they were screaming
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waited for the countdown
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
right hook, deep in the centre
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Well he broke with a deadening thud
swayed and stuttered
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And he wiped away the streaks of blood
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One fall, one roar then he's panting hard
to stay their upright
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Verse 7
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Then cheering from the corner,
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you could see there was a winner
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and the people they were screaming
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As he knocked him to the ground
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Knocked on the ground
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Verse 8
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They fought like lions, stubborn in the ring,
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both men did fiercely stand
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in the might of a Cornish man
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One win and he grins,
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Verse 9
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Then out of every corner,
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it was clear there was a winner
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As he listened to the sound
Outro 1
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