|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |
Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, your attention
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E G/E |
please. In this corner, wearing white, from the city of
|? |E F#/E |? |
the big shoulders, the number one contender in a ten-round exhibition for
|E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |
your entertainment. So when the bell sounds, prepare your-
|? [3/4] |G A [4/4] |B |? |
-selves for the main? e-vent.
VERSE #1: [16] [M]
|B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |B E/B A/B G/D |
When? I? was? a young? man? I had to kick? and? scratch? and claw,?
|? D |B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |
now it's like top? gun? in the old West,? ev-'ry-
|B E/B A/B G/D |? D |E A/E D/E A/E |
-bo-dy wants? me? to draw? If I? had? known? it would
|? D/E A/E |E A/E D/E C/G |? G |
be like? this? I might have giv-en it a sec-? ond thought? But? if
|B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |
some-one had? told? me to give it up,? it's? a
|B E/B A/B G/D |? D |
line? that I would-n't have bought? Look at me,?
CHORUS #1: [16.75 M]
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |
? I'm the great? white? hope? Can't you see?
|? |E F#/E A/E |? |E F#/E |? |
? I'm up a-gainst? the? ropes? Don't? you? know? it's so
|E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |? [3/4] |G A [4/4] |
hard? to? cope? when you feel? like the great? white?
|C |D |
hope?
GUITAR SOLO #1: [19.75 M (In 4/4)]
|B |D |B |D |B |D |C# |B/C# |C# |B/C# |C# |B/C# |C# |B/C# |
[5/4]|Dm C C# |Dm C C# |Dm C C#[4/4] |C |D |
CHORUS #2: [16.75 M]
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |
? I'm the great? white? hope? Can't you see?
|? |E F#/E A/E |? |E F#/E |? |
? I'm up a-gainst? the? ropes? Don't? you? know? it's so
|E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |? [3/4] |G A [4/4] |
hard? to? cope? when you feel? like the great? white?
|B |D |
hope?
GUITAR SOLO #2: [8 M]
|B |D |B |D |B |D |B |? |
VERSE #2: [16] [M]
|B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |B E/B A/B G/D |
Now? you've? paid? your mon-ey,? you're sit-ting in? your? ring-? side seat,?
|G/D D |B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |
? and I know? that? some of you out? there,? might wan-na
|B E/B A/B G/D |? D |E A/E D/E A/E |
see? the? champ? get beat? If I? had? known? it would
|? D/E A/E |E A/E D/E C/G |? G |
be like? this? I might have giv-en it a sec-? ond thought? But
|B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |
real? life? sure is-n't? like? school,? there's? some
|B E/B A/B G/D |? D |
les-? sons that just can't be taught? Look at me,?
CHORUS #3: [16] [M]
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |
? I'm the great? white? hope? Can't you see?
|? |E F#/E A/E |? |E F#/E |? |
? I'm up a-gainst? the? ropes? Don't? you? know? it's so
|E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |? |
hard? to? cope? when you feel? like the
|E F#/E A/E |? |
great? white? hope? Look? at?
CODA: [24] [M] 'Refrain' (Since the original fades out, just
---- hold the final 'A/E' chord to end.)
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |
me,? up a-gainst? the? ropes? Look? at?
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E A/E |? |
me,? it's so hard? to? cope? Look? at?
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |
me,? I'm the great? white? hope? Look? at?
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E A/E |? |
me,? up a-gainst? the? ropes? Look? at?
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |
me,? so hard? to? cope? Look? at?
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E A/E |? |
me,? I'm the great? white? hope?
Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, your attention
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E G/E |
please. In this corner, wearing white, from the city of
|? |E F#/E |? |
the big shoulders, the number one contender in a ten-round exhibition for
|E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |
your entertainment. So when the bell sounds, prepare your-
|? [3/4] |G A [4/4] |B |? |
-selves for the main? e-vent.
VERSE #1: [16] [M]
--------
|B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |B E/B A/B G/D |
When? I? was? a young? man? I had to kick? and? scratch? and claw,?
|? D |B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |
now it's like top? gun? in the old West,? ev-'ry-
|B E/B A/B G/D |? D |E A/E D/E A/E |
-bo-dy wants? me? to draw? If I? had? known? it would
|? D/E A/E |E A/E D/E C/G |? G |
be like? this? I might have giv-en it a sec-? ond thought? But? if
|B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |
some-one had? told? me to give it up,? it's? a
|B E/B A/B G/D |? D |
line? that I would-n't have bought? Look at me,?
CHORUS #1: [16.75 M]
---------
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |
? I'm the great? white? hope? Can't you see?
|? |E F#/E A/E |? |E F#/E |? |
? I'm up a-gainst? the? ropes? Don't? you? know? it's so
|E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |? [3/4] |G A [4/4] |
hard? to? cope? when you feel? like the great? white?
|C |D |
hope?
GUITAR SOLO #1: [19.75 M (In 4/4)]
--------------
|B |D |B |D |B |D |C# |B/C# |C# |B/C# |C# |B/C# |C# |B/C# |
[5/4]|Dm C C# |Dm C C# |Dm C C#[4/4] |C |D |
CHORUS #2: [16.75 M]
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|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |
? I'm the great? white? hope? Can't you see?
|? |E F#/E A/E |? |E F#/E |? |
? I'm up a-gainst? the? ropes? Don't? you? know? it's so
|E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |? [3/4] |G A [4/4] |
hard? to? cope? when you feel? like the great? white?
|B |D |
hope?
GUITAR SOLO #2: [8 M]
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|B |D |B |D |B |D |B |? |
VERSE #2: [16] [M]
--------
|B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |B E/B A/B G/D |
Now? you've? paid? your mon-ey,? you're sit-ting in? your? ring-? side seat,?
|G/D D |B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |
? and I know? that? some of you out? there,? might wan-na
|B E/B A/B G/D |? D |E A/E D/E A/E |
see? the? champ? get beat? If I? had? known? it would
|? D/E A/E |E A/E D/E C/G |? G |
be like? this? I might have giv-en it a sec-? ond thought? But
|B E/B A/B E/B |? A/B E/B |
real? life? sure is-n't? like? school,? there's? some
|B E/B A/B G/D |? D |
les-? sons that just can't be taught? Look at me,?
CHORUS #3: [16] [M]
---------
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |
? I'm the great? white? hope? Can't you see?
|? |E F#/E A/E |? |E F#/E |? |
? I'm up a-gainst? the? ropes? Don't? you? know? it's so
|E F#/E D/E |? |E F#/E |? |
hard? to? cope? when you feel? like the
|E F#/E A/E |? |
great? white? hope? Look? at?
CODA: [24] [M] 'Refrain' (Since the original fades out, just
---- hold the final 'A/E' chord to end.)
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |
me,? up a-gainst? the? ropes? Look? at?
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E A/E |? |
me,? it's so hard? to? cope? Look? at?
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |
me,? I'm the great? white? hope? Look? at?
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E A/E |? |
me,? up a-gainst? the? ropes? Look? at?
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E D/E |? |
me,? so hard? to? cope? Look? at?
|E F#/E |? |E F#/E A/E |? |
me,? I'm the great? white? hope?