The Sweetest Punch chords by Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach, Bill frisell

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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only
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saw red after I set out
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Can we continue hidden from your view?
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In  the blue corner
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that I painted myself in two
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Then we started to fight
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and it changed everything
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Here's the ring
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You dropped the band,
I can't understand it
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Not after all we've been through
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Words   start to fly out of my glass jar
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And I couldn't find one to walk right into
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You knocked me down
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It was the sweetest punch
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The bell goes
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I could hear it ringing
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but I didn't see it coming
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We all say things we don't mean
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You can't take it back
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Now the rope is spinning
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but who's at the last to notice
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I can see I'll never win
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So if you're going
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Then you better go to hell
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Then you better go to hell
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I only saw stars,
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I dropped my guard
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and that's how it ended
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What was I to do in the blue corner
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when I seemed to hang
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suspended
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Hundred seconds to go
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You deliver the blow
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Here I go
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You drop the band, I can't understand it
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Not after all we've been through
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Words   start to fly my glass jar
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And I will find one to walk right into
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You knocked me out
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It was the sweetest punch
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The bell goes
I can hear it ringing
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But I didn't see it coming
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We all say things we don't mean
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You can't take it back
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Now the road is thin,
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but who's either that's to know?
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I can see I'll never win
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So if you're goin'
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Then you better go to him
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Then you better   go to him
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Thank you for watching.
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