Shadow Boxing chords by The Blow Monkeys

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I  (A major) am
a fighter but I can't pretend
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I  (D major) was just  (E major) those  (E minor) shapes
of the moon in the air
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Always on  (A major) the attack
but I could not defend
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All  (D major) the thing (E minor) s I was saying
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way back then  (D major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
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But  (D major) it all  (B minor) came to nothing and it all
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had to end  (B major)  (B minor)  (B major)  (B minor)  (B major) 
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It  (G major)  (B minor) was just  (E minor) shadow boxing,
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my friend  (D major)  (E minor) 
Shadow boxing
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Well, I  (A major) can't remember
the pain and the cost
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 (D major) Soon (E minor) er or later it all
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comes out in  (D major) the wash  (E minor) 
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When  (A major) it's all over and
you've won your race
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And your  (D major)  (E minor) fingerprints are all
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over the place  (D major)  (E minor) 
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You  (E major) may ask  (B minor) yourself
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if you were ever so free  (B major) 
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Or were  (B minor) you just  (E minor) shadowboxing like
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me?  (E major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Shadowboxing like  (D major) me  (E minor) 
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So  (G major) I  will  (A major) be in your corner
when it's your turn to fight
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 (D major) Apply (E minor) ing the notion
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to the bruises and fights  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Well, I've hun (A major) g  up my gloves
and I've untied my boots
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Yeah,  (D major) me  (E minor) and my shadow
are no longer in cahoots
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I guess  (B minor) this game is really
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over for me  (B major) 
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 (B minor) I'm  (G major)  (D major) like the  (E minor) last leaf,
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I cling to the tree  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Shadowbox (A major) ing
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 (D major) Shad (E minor) owboxing  (E major)  (E minor) 
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Well,  (D major) it all  (B minor) came to nothing
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and it all had to end  (B major) 
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It  (A major)  (D major) was just  (E minor) shadowboxing,
my friend
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Shadow (D major) boxing  (E minor) 
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My  (D major) friend  (E minor) 
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You  (D major) gotta fight  (E minor) 
You gotta fight
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You  (D major) gotta fight  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major) You  (E minor) 