Great White Hope

16 75 M All 'INTRO' Lyrics Spoken |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 <4beat> 4/4 | |G A |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 3 <4beat> 4/4 |E F#/E D/E | |E F#/E | |G A | 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 <4beat> 4/4 |Dm C C# |Dm C C# |Dm C C# |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 3 <4beat> 4/4 |E F#/E D/E | |E F#/E | |G A | 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