Southpaw chords by Rainer Maria

Chords with lyrics

Key: C majorC


Chords used:
A minorAm - x02210
FF -  133211
C majorC -  x32010
G+G -  320003
DmDm - xx0231
G/BG/B - x2x003
C/EC/E - 032xxx


Intro: Am--F-- x2

Verse 1:
A minorAm
 Cracked knuckles
    FF
and my fists
are bandaged up
    A minorAm
for the fight
A minorAm I ready?
FF
 There's the bell
A minorAm
 How many rounds
     FF
can I go? And how
can I soften the
   A minorAm
blows? Can I avoid
     FF
them altogether?


Chorus 1:
A minorAm DmDm    FF
   But my heart isn't
in this I'm supposed
    C majorC
to be a seasoned
C/EC/E    FF
fighter It feels
like my first hit
and it hurts like
 A minorAm    DmDm
I didn't see this
FF
coming anyway yeah
it hurts like
C majorC  C/EC/E
hell  So don't
FF    G+G
tell the crowd

Verse 2:
A minorAm
 Black eyes black
      FF
threads and bandages
    A minorAm
for the fight Who
are the odds on
FF      A minorAm
 me or him? How
many tricks do I
   FF
know? And how can
I soften the blows?
A minorAm
 Or can I avoid
     FF
them altogether?


Chorus 2:
A minorAm DmDm    FF
   But my heart isn't
in this I'm supposed
    C majorC
to be a seasoned
C/EC/E    FF
fighter It feels
like my first hit
and it hurts like
 A minorAm    DmDm
I didn't see this
FF
coming anyway yeah
it hurts like
C majorC  C/EC/E
hell  So don't
FF    G+G
tell the crowd
but I'm gonna
A minorAm
let my guard
  G/BG/B
down  You're the
FF    G+G
only one now


Interlude: C--Am-G-


Chorus 3:
  C majorC
My heart isn't in
this I'm supposed
    A minorAm
to be a seasoned
    G+G  C majorC
fighter It feels
like my first hit
and it hurts like
A minorAm G+G C majorC
hell  Black eyes
black threads
  A minorAm   G+G
and bandages
  C majorC
It feels like
my first hit
and it hurts
   A minorAm G+G
like hell
  C majorC
My heart isn't
in this I'm
supposed to be a
A minorAm    G+G
seasoned fighter


Sang in backup:
I'll let you take me