Great White Hope chords by Styx

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
     ------------------  ---------------
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

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 |?      |
 me,?       I'm the great? white? hope?