Tonart: B major•
Verse 1
B
G#m
D#
B
D#m
B
In the streets around here there was nobody tougher than me,
C#m
F#sus4
E
C#m
E
F#m
F#
I was quick with me fists and fast with me footwork
B
D#dim
B
as you can plainly see,
F#m
But while fight ing was useful
D#dim
for getting your way,
B
G#m
Among the toughs of the town
B
Em
where you could hold sway,
G#m
There had to be something
C#
that was better than this,
F#
E
I was fifteen years old and I'd
Am
F#dim
F#m
never been kissed.
Verse 2
B
course she'd ignore me,
G#m
her friends would all sneer,
C#m
At me bloody nose dripping
F#sus4
and me cauliflower ear,
F#
C#m
For it's hard to convince in a
F#sus4
ro mantic pose,
F#
B
With a lovely black eye
and a broken nose,
F#m
Where a girl is attracted to skills more refined,
B
E
Em
Than the pugilist's art, and so I inclined,
G#m
B
To take meself serious as a
Fdim
C#
mod ern romancer,
F#
G#m
And I secretly learnt all the
Adim
B
F#
moves of a dancer.
Verse 3
B
G#m
Ye swing to the left, ye swing to the right,
C#m
Keep your eyes on your partner,
F#sus4
more or less like a fight,
F#
C#m
Ye just fol low the rhythm,
F#sus4
F#m
and ye keep to the beat,
F#
B
The important thing's nev
D#dim
B
er to look at your feet,
F#m
Then a miracle happens,
D#dim
your mind's in a trance,
B
E
Though the strategy's subtle,
Em
retreat and advance,
B
It's all about attitude,
G#m
C#m
all in your stance,
F#
D#m
Attention to detail,
G#m
C#m
leaving noth ing to chance,
F#
D#m
B
G#m
Which explains how the pugilist
C#m
F#
B
fi nally learned how to dance.
Verse 4
B
Well, I'd waltz with a broomstick
G#m
and if I was caught,
C#m
I'd pretend I was sweeping
F#sus4
F#
or practicing sport,
C#m
F#sus4
But I really had eyes for your mother ye see,
F#m
F#
B
Wanting her to acknowledge
this new version of me,
F#m
But now everyone's watching,
E
But there's fire in me belly,
Em
there's wind in me sails,
G#m
B
Fdim
C#
I knew it was risky and I was taking a chance,
F#
G#m
I couldn't retreat now,
E
Adim
D#dim
I had to advance.
F#
D#m
So I
Verse 5
G#m
I swing to the right,
C#sus4
C#m
Keep me eyes on me partner,
F#sus4
like I would in a fight,
C#m
I just keep to the rhythm and
F#sus4
fol low the beat,
F#
B
The important thing's
never to look at yr feet,
D#
F#m
But a miracle's happened,
and your mind's in a trance,
B
E
They're all laughing and cheering
Em
and looking askance,
B
G#m
C#m
On the night that the pugilist fi
F#
C
Am
C
nally learned how to dance.
Verse 6
C
It's a three-minute round round
Am
Asus4
and you're back in yr corner,
Dm
You're licking yr wounds just
C
Gsus4
C
like little Jack Horner,
Dm
Don't let your guard down try
Gsus4
C
a jab with your right,
G
C
Or you're losing on points by
Am
the end of the night,
Em
G
Gm
Then a miracle happens,
C
and everyone's screaming,
F
Fm
You're pinching yourself just in case
you're still dreaming,
Am
You've taken the initiative,
Eaug
Am
F#dim
you've taken your chance,
F
Em
Am
Dm
It's the night when this pugilist finally
G
F#m
F#dim
Fm
learned how to dance.
Verse 7
Am
Dm
strategist's bridges were burned,
G
Em
Where it seemed that his
Am
Dm
fortune had sud denly turned,
G
Em
'Twas the night that this scrap
Am
Dm
per was suddenly dapper,
G
F#dim
F
And this poor fellow's heart
Fm
C
Ebdim
was still going like the clappers,
Dm
The night that the pugilist finally learned
Gsus4
G
C
how to dance.
Eaug
C
C
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TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteB G#m D# D#m C#m...
B
G#m
D#
D#m
C#m
F#sus4
E
F#m
F#
D#dim
Em
C#
Am
F#dim
Fdim
Adim
C#sus4
C
Asus4
Dm
Gsus4
G
Gm
F
Fm
Eaug
Ebdim
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Akkorde & Songtexte
B
G#m
D#
D#m
C#m
F#sus4
E
F#m
F#
D#dim
Em
C#
Am
F#dim
Fdim
Adim
C#sus4
C
Asus4
Dm
Gsus4
G
Gm
F
Fm
Eaug
Ebdim
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Capo: 4
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