Styx – Great White Hope (Guitar)

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Great White Hope - Styx (James Young, 1978) Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q. 4/4 TIME (UON) @ 144 BPM (4 Min. 10 Sec.) in 'E'. Chords Used: ----------- GUITAR KEYBOARD
          E  A  D  G  B  e     Bass|  Chord
         ------------------    ---------------
E - 0 2 2 1 0 0 E B-E-G# F#/E - 0 4 4 3 2 2 E A#-C#-F# D/E - 0 0 0 2 3 2 E A-D-F# G/E - 0 5 5 4 3 3 E B-D-G G - 3 5 5 4 3 3 G B-D-G A - 5 7 7 6 5 5 A A-C#-E B - 7 9 9 8 7 7 B B-D#-F# E/B - 7 7 9 9 9 7 B B-E-G# A/B - 7 7 7 6 5 5 B A-C#-E G/D - x 5 5 4 3 3 D B-D-G D - x 5 7 7 7 5 D A-D-F# A/E - 0 0 2 2 2 0 E A-C#-E C/G - 3 3 2 0 1 0 G G-C-E C# - x 4 6 6 6 4 C# G#-C#-F B/C# - x 4 4 4 4 2 C# B-D#-F# Dm - x 5 7 7 6 5 D A-D-F C - x 3 5 5 5 3 C G-C-E INTRO: [16.75 M] ** All 'INTRO' Lyrics Spoken - -----
|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.
VERSE #1: [16 M] --------
|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,…
CHORUS #1: [16.75 M] ---------
|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…
GUITAR SOLO #1: [19.75 M (In 4/4)] -------------- |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 | CHORUS #2: [16.75 M] ---------
|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…
GUITAR SOLO #2: [8 M] -------------- |B |D |B |D |B |D |B |… | VERSE #2: [16 M] --------
|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,…
CHORUS #3: [16 M] ---------
|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…
CODA: [24 M] '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…