Jimmy Sharman's Boxers chords by Midnight Oil

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Intro 1
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From the red

Verse 1
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dust north of Dalmore Downs
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Sharman's tents roll into
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town
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Twelve will face the auctioneer
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Sharman's Boxers stand their ground
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Their days are darker than
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your nights
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But they won't be  the first to
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fall
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Children broken from their
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dreams
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Verse 2

Fighting in the spotlight

Eye's turn blacker than their skin

For Jimmy Sharman's boxers

It's no better if you win

Standing in the darkness

Lined up waiting for the bell

The days are wasted drinking

At the first and last hotel

Verse 3
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Why are we fighting for this?
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Why are you paying for this?
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You pay to see me fall like shrapnel
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There is a reason for this?
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What is the reason they keep coming back
for more?
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Verse 4
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The blows now bring him
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to his knees
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But still the crowd calls out
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for more
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ears
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The man keeps counting out the score

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