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Key: B major•
Verse 1
B
B
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G#m
G#m
4

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D#
D#
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B
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2

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D#m
D#m
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B
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2

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In the streets around here there was nobody tougher than me,
C#m
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4

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F#sus4
F#sus4
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E
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C#m
C#m
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E
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F#m
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F#
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I was quick with me fists and fast with me footwork
B
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2

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D#dim
D#dim

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B
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2

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as you can plainly see,
F#m
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But while fight ing was useful
D#dim
D#dim

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for getting your way,
B
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2

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G#m
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4

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Among the toughs of the town
B
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Em
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where you could hold sway,
G#m
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4

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There had to be something
C#
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that was better than this,
F#
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2

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E
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I was fifteen years old and I'd
Am
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F#dim
F#dim
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F#m
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never been kissed.
F#
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Well of
Verse 2
B
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course she'd ignore me,
G#m
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her friends would all sneer,
C#m
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At me bloody nose dripping
F#sus4
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2

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and me cauliflower ear,
F#
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C#m
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For it's hard to convince in a
F#sus4
F#sus4
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ro mantic pose,
F#
F#
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B
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With a lovely black eye
and a broken nose,
F#m
F#m
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Where a girl is attracted to skills more refined,
B
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E
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Em
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Than the pugilist's art, and so I inclined,
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4

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B
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2

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To take meself serious as a
Fdim
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C#
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4

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mod ern romancer,
F#
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G#m
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And I secretly learnt all the
Adim
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B
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F#
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moves of a dancer.
Verse 3
B
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2

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G#m
G#m
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Ye swing to the left, ye swing to the right,
C#m
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Keep your eyes on your partner,
F#sus4
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more or less like a fight,
F#
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C#m
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Ye just fol low the rhythm,
F#sus4
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F#m
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and ye keep to the beat,
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B
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The important thing's nev
D#dim
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B
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er to look at your feet,
F#m
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Then a miracle happens,
D#dim
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your mind's in a trance,
B
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E
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Though the strategy's subtle,
Em
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retreat and advance,
B
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2

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It's all about attitude,
G#m
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C#m
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all in your stance,
F#
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D#m
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6

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Attention to detail,
G#m
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4

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C#m
C#m
4

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leaving noth ing to chance,
F#
F#
2

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D#m
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B
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2

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G#m
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4

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Which explains how the pugilist
C#m
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4

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F#
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B
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fi nally learned how to dance.
Verse 4
B
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2

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Well, I'd waltz with a broomstick
G#m
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4

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and if I was caught,
C#m
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4

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I'd pretend I was sweeping
F#sus4
F#sus4
2

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F#
F#
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or practicing sport,
C#m
C#m
4

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F#sus4
F#sus4
2

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But I really had eyes for your mother ye see,
F#m
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2

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F#
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B
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2

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Wanting her to acknowledge
this new version of me,
F#m
F#m
2

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But now everyone's watching,
B
B
2

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expecting I'll fail,
E
E

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But there's fire in me belly,
Em
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there's wind in me sails,
G#m
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4

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B
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2

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Fdim
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C#
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4

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I knew it was risky and I was taking a chance,
F#
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G#m
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I couldn't retreat now,
E
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Adim
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D#dim
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I had to advance.
F#
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D#m
D#m
6

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So I
Verse 5
B
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2

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swing to the left,
G#m
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4

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I swing to the right,
C#sus4
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C#m
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Keep me eyes on me partner,
F#sus4
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2

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like I would in a fight,
C#m
C#m
4

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I just keep to the rhythm and
F#sus4
F#sus4
2

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fol low the beat,
F#
F#
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B
B
2

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The important thing's
never to look at yr feet,
D#
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F#m
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But a miracle's happened,
and your mind's in a trance,
B
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E
E

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They're all laughing and cheering
Em
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and looking askance,
B
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2

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G#m
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4

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C#m
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On the night that the pugilist fi
F#
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C
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Am
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C
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nally learned how to dance.
Verse 6
C
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It's a three-minute round round
Am
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Asus4
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and you're back in yr corner,
Dm
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You're licking yr wounds just
C
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Gsus4
Gsus4

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C
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like little Jack Horner,
Dm
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Don't let your guard down try
Gsus4
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C
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a jab with your right,
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C
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Or you're losing on points by
Am
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the end of the night,
Em
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G
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Gm
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Then a miracle happens,
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and everyone's screaming,
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Fm
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You're pinching yourself just in case
you're still dreaming,
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You've taken the initiative,
Eaug
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Am
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F#dim
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you've taken your chance,
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Em
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Am
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Dm
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It's the night when this pugilist finally
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F#m
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F#dim
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Fm
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learned how to dance.
Verse 7
Em
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In a bout where the
Am
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Dm
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strategist's bridges were burned,
G
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Em
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Where it seemed that his
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Dm
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fortune had sud denly turned,
G
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Em
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'Twas the night that this scrap
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Dm
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per was suddenly dapper,
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F#dim
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F
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And this poor fellow's heart
Fm
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C
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Ebdim
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was still going like the clappers,
Dm
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The night that the pugilist finally learned
Gsus4
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G
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C
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how to dance.
Eaug
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C
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TunerE A D G B E

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ChordsB G#m D# D#m C#m...

  • B

    2

  • G#m

    4

  • D#

    6

  • D#m

    6

  • C#m

    4

  • F#sus4

    2

  • E

  • F#m

    2

  • F#

    2

  • D#dim

  • Em

  • C#

    4

  • Am

  • F#dim

    4

  • Fdim

    3

  • Adim

  • C#sus4

    4

  • C

  • Asus4

  • Dm

  • Gsus4

  • G

  • Gm

    3

  • F

  • Fm

  • Eaug

    5

  • Ebdim

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Capo: 4

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Chords

  • B

    2

  • G#m

    4

  • D#

    6

  • D#m

    6

  • C#m

    4

  • F#sus4

    2

  • E

  • F#m

    2

  • F#

    2

  • D#dim

  • Em

  • C#

    4

  • Am

  • F#dim

    4

  • Fdim

    3

  • Adim

  • C#sus4

    4

  • C

  • Asus4

  • Dm

  • Gsus4

  • G

  • Gm

    3

  • F

  • Fm

  • Eaug

    5

  • Ebdim

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Capo: 4

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