by Warren Zevon
A slightly simplified version of a great tune, arranged for acoustic...
Chorus:
[G5]Hurry home [Em]early - [G5]hurry on [Em]home
[C]Boom Boom [G]Mancini's fighting [D]Bobby [Em]Chacon
[G5]Hurry home early [Em]- hurry on [G5]home[Em]
[C]Boom Boom [G]Mancini's fighting [D]Bobby [Em]Chacon
From [G5]Youngstown, [Em]Ohio, Ray [G5]"Boom [Em]Boom" Mancini
[G]A lightweight [D]contender, [Dsus]like fath[D]er like [Em]son
He f[G5]ought for the [Em]title with [G5]Frias [Em]in Vegas
And he [G]put him [D]away [Dsus]in round [D]number [Em]one
(Chorus)
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/warren_zevon/boom_boom_mancini_crd.html )
When[G5] Alexis [Em]Arguello gave [G5]Boom [Em]Boom a beating
[G]Seven weeks [D]later he was [Dsus]back in [D]the [Em]ring
Some[G5] have the [Em]speed and the [G5]right [Em]combinations
[G]If you can't take the [D]punches it [Dsus]don't me[D]an a thi[Em]ng
(Chorus)
Bridge:
When they [G]asked him who was responsible
[D]For the death of Du Koo Kim
He said, [C]"Someone should have stopped the fight,
[A]and [Dsus]told me it was [Em]him."
[G5]They [Em]made hypocrite judgments [G5]after the [Em]fact
But [G]the name of the [D]game is [Dsus]be hit [D]and hit [Em]back
(Chorus)
A slightly simplified version of a great tune, arranged for acoustic...
Chorus:
[G5]Hurry home [Em]early - [G5]hurry on [Em]home
[C]Boom Boom [G]Mancini's fighting [D]Bobby [Em]Chacon
[G5]Hurry home early [Em]- hurry on [G5]home[Em]
[C]Boom Boom [G]Mancini's fighting [D]Bobby [Em]Chacon
From [G5]Youngstown, [Em]Ohio, Ray [G5]"Boom [Em]Boom" Mancini
[G]A lightweight [D]contender, [Dsus]like fath[D]er like [Em]son
He f[G5]ought for the [Em]title with [G5]Frias [Em]in Vegas
And he [G]put him [D]away [Dsus]in round [D]number [Em]one
(Chorus)
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/warren_zevon/boom_boom_mancini_crd.html )
When[G5] Alexis [Em]Arguello gave [G5]Boom [Em]Boom a beating
[G]Seven weeks [D]later he was [Dsus]back in [D]the [Em]ring
Some[G5] have the [Em]speed and the [G5]right [Em]combinations
[G]If you can't take the [D]punches it [Dsus]don't me[D]an a thi[Em]ng
(Chorus)
Bridge:
When they [G]asked him who was responsible
[D]For the death of Du Koo Kim
He said, [C]"Someone should have stopped the fight,
[A]and [Dsus]told me it was [Em]him."
[G5]They [Em]made hypocrite judgments [G5]after the [Em]fact
But [G]the name of the [D]game is [Dsus]be hit [D]and hit [Em]back
(Chorus)
