The Sweetest Punch chords by Elvis Costello

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G
D
Bb
Bm
Em
Am
C
F#dim
B
F#
Dsus4
A
Csus2

Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Bm 
Em 
You only saw red
Am 
After i said,
C 
D 
"how can we continue?"
G 
Hidden from your view
Bm 
Em 
Am 
In the blue corner that I
C 
F#dim 
D 
painted myself into
B 
Em 
G 
Then we started to fight
C 
D 
And it changed everything
Em 
Here's the ring

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Verse 2

You dropped the band,

I can't understand it

Not after all we've been through

Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I

Will find one to walk right into

Verse 3

You knocked me out

It was the sweetest punch

The bell goes.

Verse 4

I can hear it ringing,

but I didn't see it coming

We all say things we don't mean

Dsus4

You can't take it back

Verse 5
G 
D 
Now the room is spinning,
C 
but was I  the last to notice?
Em 
I   can see I'll never win
G 
Am 
C 
D 
Dsus4 
So if you're going
C 
Dsus4 
D 
Then you better go       to him
Dsus4 
D 
Then     you better go to him

Interlude 1

Verse 6
G 
Bm 
Em 
I  only saw stars
Am 
I dropped my guard,
C 
F#dim 
D 
and that's how it ended
G 
What was i to do
Bm 
Em 
Am 
In the blue corner where i seemed
C 
B 
to hang suspended?

Verse 7

Then with seconds to go

You delivered the blow

Here I go

Verse 8
F# 
You dropped the band,
I can't understand it
Bm 
D 
Not after all we've been through
F# 
Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I
Bm 
D 
Will find one to walk right into

Verse 9

You knocked me out

It was the sweetest punch

The bell goes.

Verse 10
G 
I  can hear it ringing,
C 
Csus2 
C 
but I didn't see it coming
Em 
We all say things we don't mean
Am 
Dsus4 
You can't take it back
D 
G 

Verse 11
D 
Now the room is spinning,
C 
but was I  the last to notice?
Em 
I   can see I'll never win
Am 
Dsus4 
D 
C 
So if you're going
Dsus4 
D 
Then you better go to him
Dsus4 
D 
Then you better   go to him