Great White Hope chords by Styx
Guitar chords with lyrics
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:
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GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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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
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INTRO: [16.75 M] ** ALL Lyrics Spoken -
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|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]
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|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]
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|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)]
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|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]
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|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]
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|B |D |B |D |B |D |B |? |
VERSE #2: [16 M]
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|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]
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|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 |? |
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