Great White Hope

|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. 1M VERSE #1: -------- |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,? 16.75 M CHORUS #1: --------- |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? 19.75 M (In 4/4) GUITAR SOLO #1: -------------- |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 | 16.75 M CHORUS #2: --------- |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? 8 M GUITAR SOLO #2: -------------- |B |D |B |D |B |D |B |? | 1M VERSE #2: -------- |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,? 1M CHORUS #3: --------- |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? 2M CODA: '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?