Heavyweight Champion Of The World Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Now that she's [Am]older
As the embers of romance
Pay two [Am]mortgages and leccy bills
Been comfortable and that
Nobody [Am]told her
That she'd ever reach the stage
[Am]Where her husband bored her

[Interlude 1]
Or she lied about her age
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[Verse 2]
He's compro[Am]mising
At least he's got a job for life
Get [Am]born, get schooled, get job, get car
Pay tax and find a wife
And on [Am]that note
The end can't come too soon
If [Am]you're not living on the edge
You take up too much room

[Chorus 1]
I could've [Am]been a contender
I could've been a someone
[D]Caught up in the rat race
And feeling like a no one
[Am]Could've been me in the papers
With the money and the girls
I could've [D]been the heavyweight

[Interlude 2]
champion of the world
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[Verse 3]
At [Am]school, he used to dream about
being Bruce Lee
But the [Am]need for chops in the Manor Top
Ain't all that great you see
And so he [Am]gave up
On his black belt belt and first dan
As [Am]near as he got to China
Was a week in Camber Sands

[Chorus 2]
I could've [Am]been a contender
I could've been a someone
[D]Caught up in the rat race
And feeling like a no one
[Am]Could've been me in the papers
With the money and the girls
I could've [D]been the heavyweight
champion of the world

[Chorus 3]
I could've [Am]been a contender
I could've been a someone
[D]Caught up in the rat race
And feeling like a no one
[Am]Been me in the papers
Money and the girls
I could've [D]been the heavyweight
champion of the world

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 4]
It's [Am]boring, it's boring
It might put you to sleep
It's the same old routine,
repeating week after after week
And you work [Am]harder, work harder
You're told that you must
And you must earn a living
And you must earn a crust

[Bridge 1]
And be like [Am]everybody else
Be like everybody else
Be like [D]everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like [Am]everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like [D]everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like [Am]everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like [D]everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like [Am]everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like [D]everybody else
Be like everybody else

[Chorus 4]
I could've [Am]been a contender
I could've been a someone
[D]Caught up in the rat race
And feeling like a no one
Could've [Am]been me in the papers
Money and the girls
I could've [D]been the heavyweight
champion of the world

[Chorus 5]
I could've [Am]been a contender
I could've been a someone
[D]Caught up in the rat race
And feeling like a no one
[Am]Been me in the papers
Money and the girls
I could've [D]been the heavyweight
champion of the [Am]world