Great White Hope

Intro: 0:10
(Spoken)
E F#                     E F#
    Ladies and gentlemen,
 D
Ladies and gentlemen, your attention
E        F#
  Please.

                              E
In this corner, wearing white,
  F#      G
From the city of the big shoulders,
           E       F#
The number one contender in a ten-round exhibition
     E   F#            D
For your entertainment.

                  E
So when the bell sounds,
F#
  Prepare yourselves for the
 G     A | B!!
Main event.

Verse 1: 0:38
     E  A  E        A
When I was a young man
E         B   E      A          G
I had to kick and scratch and claw,
D                B   E  A E      A
  Now it's like top gun   in the old West,
E       B    E     A      G
  Ev'rybody wants me to draw.
0:51
D    E  A    D   A         D
  If I had known it would be like this
A             E    A     D       C
I might have given it a second thought,
G         B       E   A    E         A
  But if someone had told me to give it up,
E       B     E     A             G
It's a line that I wouldn't have bought.

Chorus: 1:04
D          E F#
  Look at me,
          E     F#   D
I'm the great white hope.
           E  F#
Can't you see,
         E       F# A
I'm up against the ropes.
1:17
            E  F#
Don't you know
         E    F# D
It's so hard to cope
          E   F#
When you feel
           G     A    B
Like the great white hope.

Instrumental: 1:31
D | B | D | B | D | B | D
C# | B  - x4
1:56
Dm C:A#  - x3
C | C
Dm C:A#  - x3
C | D ->

Chorus: 2:12
D          E F#
  Look at me,
          E     F#   D
I'm the great white hope.
           E  F#
Can't you see,
         E       F# A
I'm up against the ropes.
2:25
            E  F#
Don't you know
         E    F# D
It's so hard to cope
          E   F#
When you feel
           G     A    B
Like the great white hope.

Instrumental: 2:39
D | B | D | B | D | B | D | B!!

Verse 2: 2:54
     E      A    E    A
Now you've paid your money,
 E             B   E    A       G
You're sitting in your ringside seat,
D         B    E   A       E        A
  And I know that some of you out there,
 E           B    E   A        G
Might wanna see the champ get beat.
3:07
D    E  A    D   A         D
  If I had known it would be like this
A             E    A     D       C
I might have given it a second thought,
G      B    E    A   E      A
  But real life sure isn't like school,
  E           B  E         A             G
There's some lessons that just can't be taught.

Chorus: 3:20
D          E F#
  Look at me,
          E     F#   D
I'm the great white hope.
           E  F#
Can't you see,
         E       F# A
I'm up against the ropes.
3:33
            E  F#
Don't you know
         E    F# D
It's so hard to cope
          E   F#
When you feel
           E     F#   D
Like the great white hope.

Coda: 3:47
         E F#
Look at me,
     E       F# D
Up against the ropes.
         E F#
Look at me,
         E    F# A
It's so hard to cope.
4:00
         E F#
Look at me,
          E     F#   D
I'm the great white hope.
         E F#
Look at me,
     E       F# A
Up against the ropes.
4:13
         E F#
Look at me
         E    F# A
It's so hard to cope...