Southpaw chords by Rainer Maria

Key: C

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Am -  x02210
F -   133211
C -   x32010
G -   320003
Dm -  xx0231
G/B - x2x003
C/E - 032xxx


Intro: Am--F-- x2

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


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


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


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


Interlude: C--Am-G-


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


Sang in backup:
I'll let you take me