Bare Knuckle Boxers: Boxer, The

Boxer, The

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(A) G D G G7 - C G D
 C G D Em - C D G
(B) G D G G7 - C G D
 C G D A - C D G
(B) = no vocals
Karel Trubac, Blake Carter,
and Odin Bettinger

 lead break - (B)

(A)
At the pub down the street where the townspeople meet
Matt Delaney worked at the door
But he stopped workin' there when he started to fight
Now he works at a desk on the docks

We came to the crossroads for the Friday night fights
We watched Delaney flatten them all
Till the only fight left would prove him the best
Against Grady in Dublin that fall

 lead break - (B)

(A)
The shouts and the cheers rang out in his ears
"Matt Delaney's 33rd bout!!"
After 16 long rounds and 3 missing teeth
He fell like a tree to the ground

CHORUS
 His fists were bruised and swollen
 His nose was broken and scarred
 With a twitch in his eye and dried blood on his lips
 His body slumped over the bar

At the pub down the street where the townspeople meet
Matt Delaney worked at the door
But he stopped workin' there when he started to fight
Now he works at a desk on the docks

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chords:
(A) - G D G G7   |   C G D   |   C G D Em   |   C D G

(B) - G D G G7   |   C G D   |   C G D A   |   C D G