Ballad Of Lou Welterweight Chords & Tabs
Ballad Of Lou Welterweight Chords
From the Album "Tonight at the Arizona"
It starts with the Ref.
C Em F C
Powder your nose, pull off your pantyhose,
Em F C G
let me love you from behind, my darling.
C Em F C
Powder your nose, pull on your pantyhose,
Em F C G
we´re going down to my bout, my darling. at the end C
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1.
C Em
Before the bell would ring
F C
he had a way like Errol Flynn,
Em F C G
as he sauntered to the ring with a sheet on.
C Em
But the late rounds scared the girl,
F C
heaven knows she thought the world of Lou,
Em F C G
it was hard to see him swaying in the neon.
C Em
Joey was a no-one,
F C
just some big dumb kid from Flushing.
Em F C G
He had a face like a ugly bull, always pouting.
C Em
He hit Louie kind of low
F C
and he stumbled on the ropes
Em F C G
as the bookies blocked the rows, shouting.
Ref.
2.
C Em
The blows were hard and loud,
F C
he could hardly hear the crowd
Em F C G
in the bleachers where they howled, the were cheering.
C Em
I remenber in the eight,
F C
it was clear that Lou was fading,
Em F C G
when somthing caught his eye by the ceiling.
C Em
He saw her as she spoke
F C
thought the shifty yelliw smoke,
Em F C G
she said: Louie you look bad, are you dying?
C Em
But Louie could not answer,
F C
his eyes were cast up to the rafters,
Em F C G
and they slowly sealed in silence.
Ref.
