The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance chords by Sting
Verse 1
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In the streets around here there was nobody tougher than me,
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I was quick with me fists and fast with me footwork
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as you can plainly see,
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But while fighting was useful
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for getting your way,
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Among the toughs of the town
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where you could hold sway,
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There had to be something
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that was better than this,
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I was fifteen years old and I'd
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never been kissed.
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Well of
Verse 2
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course she'd ignore me,
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her friends would all sneer,
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At me bloody nose dripping
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and me cauliflower ear,
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For it's hard to convince in a
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ro mantic pose,
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With a lovely black eye
and a broken nose,
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Where a girl is attracted to skills more refined,
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Than the pugilist's art, and so I inclined,
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To take meself serious as a
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mod ern romancer,
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And I secretly learnt all the
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moves of a dancer.
Verse 3
G
Em
Ye swing to the left, ye swing to the right,
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Keep your eyes on your partner,
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more or less like a fight,
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Ye just fol low the rhythm,
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and ye keep to the beat,
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The important thing's nev
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er to look at your feet,
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Then a miracle happens,
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your mind's in a trance,
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Though the strategy's subtle,
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retreat and advance,
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It's all about attitude,
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all in your stance,
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Attention to detail,
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leaving nothing to chance,
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Which explains how the pugilist
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fi nally learned how to dance.
Verse 4
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Well, I'd waltz with a broomstick
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and if I was caught,
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I'd pretend I was sweeping
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or practicing sport,
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But I really had eyes for your mother ye see,
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Wanting her to acknowledge
this new version of me,
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But now everyone's watching,
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expecting I'll fail,
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But there's fire in me belly,
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there's wind in me sails,
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I knew it was risky and I was taking a chance,
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I couldn't retreat now,
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I had to advance.
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So I
Verse 5
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swing to the left,
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I swing to the right,
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Keep me eyes on me partner,
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like I would in a fight,
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I just keep to the rhythm and
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fol low the beat,
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The important thing's
never to look at yr feet,
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But a miracle's happened,
and your mind's in a trance,
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They're all laughing and cheering
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and looking askance,
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On the night that the pugilist fi
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nally learned how to dance.
Verse 6
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It's a three-minute round round
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and you're back in yr corner,
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You're licking yr wounds just
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like little Jack Horner,
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Don't let your guard down try
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a jab with your right,
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Or you're losing on points by
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the end of the night,
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Then a mir acle happens,
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and everyone's screaming,
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You're pinching yourself just in case
you're still dreaming,
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You've taken the initiative,
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you've taken your chance,
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It's the night when this pugilist finally
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learned how to dance.
Verse 7
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In a bout where the
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strategist's bridges were burned,
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Where it seemed that his
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fortune had sud denly turned,
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'Twas the night that this scrap
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per was suddenly dapper,
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And this poor fellow's heart
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was still going like the clappers,
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The night that the pugilist finally learned
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how to dance.
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The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance
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