The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance chords by Sting
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Verse 1
(G major) (E minor)
(B major) In the (G major) streets around here there was nobody (B minor) tougher than (G major) me,
(A minor) (Dsus4)
(C major) I was (A minor) quick with me fists (C major) and (D minor) fast with me footwork (D major)
(G major) as you can plainly (Bdim) see, (G major)
But while (D minor) fighting was useful
for (Bdim) getting your way,
(G major) Among the toughs of the town (E minor)
(G major) where you could hold (C minor) sway,
There (E minor) had to be something
that was better than (A major) this,
I was (D major) fifteen years old (C major) and I'd
(F minor) never (Ddim) been kissed. (D minor)
(D major) Well of
Verse 2
(G major) course she'd ignore me,
her (E minor) friends would all sneer,
At me (A minor) bloody nose dripping
and me (Dsus4) cauliflower ear,
(D major) For it's (A minor) hard to convince in a
(Dsus4) ro mantic pose,
(D major) With a (G major) lovely black eye
and a broken nose,
Where a (D minor) girl is attracted to skills more refined,
(G major) Than the pugil (C major) ist's art, and (C minor) so I inclined,
To (E minor) take meself (G major) serious as a
(C sharpdim) mod ern ro (A major) mancer,
And I (D major) secretly learnt (E minor) all the
(Fdim) moves of a (G major) dancer (D major) .
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Verse 3
Ye (G major) swing to the left, ye (E minor) swing to the right,
Keep your (A minor) eyes on your partner,
more or (Dsus4) less like a fight,
(D major) Ye just (A minor) fol low the rhythm,
and ye (Dsus4) keep to the (D minor) beat,
(D major) The import (G major) ant thing's nev
(Bdim) er to (G major) look at your feet,
Then a (D minor) miracle happens,
your mind's in a (Bdim) trance,
(G major) Though the (C major) strategy's subtle,
re (C minor) treat and advance,
It's (G major) all about attitude,
(E minor) all (A minor) in your stance,
(D major) Atten (B minor) tion to detail,
(E minor) leaving (A minor) noth ing to chance,
(D major) Which ex (B minor) plains how the (G major) pugil (E minor) ist
(A minor) fi nally learned (D major) how to (G major) dance.
Verse 4
Well, I'd (G major) waltz with a broomstick
(E minor) and if I was caught,
I'd pre (A minor) tend I was sweeping
or practicing (Dsus4) sport, (D major)
But I (A minor) really had eyes for your mother (Dsus4) ye see,
(D minor)
(D major) Wanting (G major) her to acknowledge
this new version of me,
But (D minor) now everyone's watching,
expecting I'll (G major) fail,
But there's fire (C major) in me belly,
there's (C minor) wind in me sails,
I (E minor) knew it was risky (G major) and I was (C sharpdim) taking (A major) a chance,
I (D major) couldn't retreat (E minor) now,
(C major) I (Fdim) had to ad (Bdim) vance.
(D major) So (B minor) I
Verse 5
(G major) swing to the left,
I (E minor) swing to the right,
Keep me (Asus4) eyes (A minor) on me partner,
like I (Dsus4) would in a fight,
I just (A minor) keep to the rhythm and
(Dsus4) fol low the beat,
(D major) The im (G major) portant thing's
never to look at yr feet,
(B major) But a (D minor) miracle's happened,
and your mind's in a trance,
(G major) They're all laugh (C major) ing and cheering
and (C minor) looking askance,
On the night (G major) that the pu (E minor) gilist (A minor) fi
nally learned (D major) how to (A flat major) dance. (F minor) (A flat major)
Verse 6
It's a (A flat major) three-minute round round
and you're (F minor) back in yr (Fsus4) corner,
You're (B flat minor) licking yr wounds just
like (A flat major) little (E flatsus4) Jack (A flat major) Horner,
Don't (B flat minor) let your guard down try
a (E flatsus4) jab (A flat major) with your right,
(E flat major) Or you're (A flat major) losing on points by
the end of the night, (F minor)
(C minor) Then a (E flat major) mir (E flat minor) acle happens,
and everyone's (A flat major) screaming,
You're pinch (D flat major) ing yourself just in case (D flat minor)
you're still dreaming,
You've (F minor) taken the initiative,
(Caug) (F minor) you've (Ddim) taken your chance,
(D flat major) It's the (C minor) night when this pu (F minor) gilist (B flat minor) finally
learned (E flat major) how to (D minor) dance. (Ddim) (D flat minor)
Verse 7
In a (C minor) bout where the
(F minor) strategist's bridges (B flat minor) were burned,
(E flat major) Where it seemed (C minor) that his
(F minor) fortune had (B flat minor) sud denly turned,
(E flat major) 'Twas the night (C minor) that this scrap
(F minor) per was sud (B flat minor) denly dapper,
(E flat major) And this poor (Ddim) fellow's heart (D flat major)
(D flat minor) was still go (A flat major) ing like the clap (Bdim) pers,
The (B flat minor) night that the pugilist finally learned
(E flatsus4) how (E flat major) to (A flat major) dance.
(Caug) (A flat major) (A flat major)
The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance
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