Warren Zevon – Boom Boom Mancini (Guitar)

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by Warren Zevon A slightly simplified version of a great tune, arranged for acoustic... Chorus:
G5         Em      G5       Em
Hurry home early - hurry on home 

C         G                  D     Em 
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon 

G5               Em         G5     Em
Hurry home early - hurry on home

C         G                  D     Em
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon

     G5          Em        G5    Em
From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini 

G             D          Dsus     D       Em
A lightweight contender, like father like son 

    G5            Em         G5    Em
He fought for the title with Frias in Vegas

       G       D    Dsus     D      Em
And he put him away in round number one
(Chorus)
    G5      Em            G5   Em
When Alexis Arguello gave Boom Boom a beating 

G           D            Dsus    D   Em
Seven weeks later he was back in the ring 

    G5        Em            G5    Em
Some have the speed and the right combinations 

G                     D          Dsus    D       Em
If you can't take the punches it don't mean a thing
(Chorus) Bridge:
          G           
When they asked him who was responsible 

D
For the death of Du Koo Kim 

         C
He said, "Someone should have stopped the fight, 

A   Dsus           Em
and told me it was him." 

G5   Em                       G5        Em
They made hypocrite judgments after the fact 

    G               D       Dsus   D       Em
But the name of the game is be hit and hit back
(Chorus)