The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G][Em]
[B]In the [G]streets around here there was nobody [Bm]tougher than [G]me,
[Am][Dsus4]
[C]I was qui[Am]ck with me [C]fists and fas[Dm]t wit[D]h me footwork
[G]as you can plainly [Bdim]see,[G]
But while [Dm]fighting was useful
for [Bdim]getting your way,
[G]Among the [Em]toughs of the town
[G]where you could hold [Cm]sway,
There [Em]had to be something
that was better than [A]this,
I was [D]fifteen [C]years old and I'd
[Fm]never [Ddim]been kissed.[Dm]
[D]Well of

[Verse 2]
[G]course she'd ignore me,
her [Em]friends would all sneer,
At me [Am]bloody nose dripping
and me [Dsus4]cauliflower ear,
[D]For it's [Am]hard to convince in a
[Dsus4]ro mantic pose,
[D]With a [G]lovely black eye
and a broken nose,
Where a [Dm]girl is attracted to skills more refined,
[G]Than the pugil[C]ist's art, and [Cm]so I inclined,
To [Em]take meself [G]serious as a
[C#dim]mod ern romance[A]r,
And I [D]secretly learnt [Em]all the
[Fdim]moves of a [G]dancer[D].

[Verse 3]
Ye [G]swing to the left, ye [Em]swing to the right,
Keep your [Am]eyes on your partner,
more or [Dsus4]less like a fight,
[D]Ye just [Am]fol low the rhythm,
and ye [Dsus4]keep to the b[Dm]eat,
[D]The import[G]ant thing's nev
[Bdim]er to lo[G]ok at your feet,
Then a [Dm]miracle happens,
your mind's in a [Bdim]trance,
[G]Though the [C]strategy's subtle,
re[Cm]treat and advance,
It's [G]all about attitude,
[Em]all [Am]in your stance,
[D]Atten[Bm]tion to detail,
[Em]leaving [Am]nothing to chance,
[D]Which expla[Bm]ins how the pug[G]ilist[Em]
[Am]fi nally learned h[D]ow to da[G]nce.

[Verse 4]
Well, I'd [G]waltz with a broomstick
[Em]and if I was caught,
I'd pre[Am]tend I was sweeping
or practicing [Dsus4]sport,[D]
But I [Am]really had eyes for your mother [Dsus4]ye see,
[Dm]
[D]Wanting [G]her to acknowledge
this new version of me,
But [Dm]now everyone's watching,
expecting I'll [G]fail,
But there's fire [C]in me belly,
there's [Cm]wind in me sails,
I [Em]knew it was [G]risky and I was [C#dim]taking a [A]chance,
I [D]couldn't retreat [Em]now,
[C]I had[Fdim] to advance.[Bdim]
[D]So I[Bm]

[Verse 5]
[G]swing to the left,
I [Em]swing to the right,
Keep me [Asus4]eyes on m[Am]e partner,
like I [Dsus4]would in a fight,
I just [Am]keep to the rhythm and
[Dsus4]fol low the beat,
[D]The im[G]portant thing's
never to look at yr feet,
[B]But a [Dm]miracle's happened,
and your mind's in a trance,
[G]They're [C]all laughing and cheering
and [Cm]looking askance,
On the night [G]that the pu[Em]gilist [Am]fi
nally [D]learned how to [Ab]dance.[Fm][Ab]

[Verse 6]
It's a [Ab]three-minute round round
and you're [Fm]back in yr [Fsus4]corner,
You're [Bbm]licking yr wounds just
like [Ab]little [Ebsus4]Jack Horne[Ab]r,
Don't [Bbm]let your guard down try
a [Ebsus4]jab with y[Ab]our right,
[Eb]Or you're lo[Ab]sing on points by
the end of [Fm]the night,
[Cm]Then a [Eb]mir a[Ebm]cle happens,
and everyone's [Ab]screaming,
You're pinch[Db]ing yourself just [Dbm]in case
you're still dreaming,
You've [Fm]taken the initiative,
[Caug]you've t[Fm]aken y[Ddim]our chance,
[Db]It's the night[Cm] when this pugilis[Fm]t fina[Bbm]lly
[Eb]learned how to [Dm]dance.[Ddim][Dbm]

[Verse 7]
In a [Cm]bout where the
[Fm]stra[Bbm]tegist's bridges were burned,
[Eb]Where it s[Cm]eemed that his
[Fm]fortune had [Bbm]sud denly turned,
[Eb]'Twas the [Cm]night that this scrap
[Fm]per was sudd[Bbm]enly dapper,
[Eb]And this poor [Ddim]fellow's heart[Db]
[Dbm]was still go[Ab]ing like the clapp[Cbdim]ers,
The [Bbm]night that the pugilist finally learned
[Ebsus4]how to dan[Eb]ce.[Ab]
[Caug][Ab][Ab]