Sting – The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
In the streets around here there was nobody tougher than me
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I was quick with my fists and fast with my footwork as you can plainly see
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but while fighting was useful for getting my way 'mong the toughs of the town where you could hold sway
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alternate voicing used on latter verses for this line:
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there had to be something better than this I was 15 years old and I'd never been kissed
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Verse 2 and Verse 4 are the same chords shown above (as Verse 1)
[Verse 2]
well of course she'd ignore me her friends would all sneer at my bloody nose dripping my cauliflower ear
for it's hard to convince in a romantic pose with a lovely black eye and a broken nose
where a girl is attracted to skills more refined than the puglilist's art and so I inclined
to take my self serious as a modern romancer I secrectly learned all the moves of a dancer
[Verse 4]
well I'd waltz with a broomstick and if I was caught I'd pretend I was sweeping or practising sport
but I really had eyes for your mother you see wanting her to acknowledge this version of me
but now everyone's watching expecting I'll fail but there's fire in my belly there's wind in my sails
I knew it was risky I was takin' a chance I couldn't retreat now I had to advance
* the first 6 lines of each subsequent verse are same as shown in tab lines 24 - 51 above:
then:
[Verse 3]
* so I swing to the left I swing to the right keep my eyes on my partner just like a fight
I just keep to the rythym you keep to the beat the important things never to look at your feet
but a miracles happened and your mind's in a trance though the strategy's subtle retreat and advance
It's all about attitude all in your stance attention to detail leave nothing to chance
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which explains how the pugilist finally learned how to dance
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[Verse 5]
* so I swing to the left I swing to the right keep my eyes on my partner more or less like a fight
I just keep to the rythym and follow the beat the important things never to look at your feet
but a miracles happened and your mind's in a trance they're all laughing and cheering and looking askance
on the night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance
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[Verse 6]
* It's a 3 minute round and your're back in yer corner yer lickng yer wounds just like little Jack Horner
Don't let your guard down ry a jab with your right or you lose her on points by the end of the night
then a miracle happpens and everyone's screaming ou're pinching yourself just in case you're still dreaming
You've taken the initiative you've taken your chance
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on the night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance
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and the final lines of the song:
In a bout where the strategist's bridges were burned
Where it seems that his fortune has suddenly turned
Twas the night when this scrapper was suddenly dapper
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and this poor fellow's heart is still going like the clappers
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on the night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance
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