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Great White Hope Chords

(ver. 1)
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|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         4/4
|?                      |G     A    |B       |?       |
-selves for the main?  e-vent.

VERSE #1: [16 M]
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|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]
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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

                                                            3/4             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)]
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|B   |D   |B   |D   |B   |D   |C#  |B/C# |C#  |B/C# |C#  |B/C# |C#  |B/C# |

5/4                                   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

                                                            3/4             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]
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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 |?             |
 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?

            
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