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Ballad Of Lou The Welterweight by The Felice Brothers
Ballad Of Lou The Welterweight
Capo on 4
Standard tuning
Cadd2/B
e|------
B|--1---
G|------
D|------
A|--2---
E|------
C Em G F
Powder your nose, pull off your pantyhose,
C Cadd2/B F C G
let me love you from behind, my darling.
C Em G F
Powder your nose, pull on your pantyhose,
C Cadd2/B F C G
we´re going down to my bout, my darling.
(Same chord progression throughout)
Before the bell would ring
he had a way like Errol Flynn
as he sauntered to the ring
with a sheet on.
But the late rounds scared the girl,
heaven knows she thought the world of Lou,
it was hard to see him swaying
in the neon.
Joey was a no-one,
just some big dumb kid from Flushing.
He had a face like an ugly bull,
always pouting.
He hit Louie kind of low
and he stumbled on the ropes
as the bookies blocked the rows,
shouting.
Powder your nose,
pull off your pantyhose,
let me love you from behind,
my Darling.
Powder your nose,
pull on your pantyhose,
we're going down to my bout,
my Darling.
The blows were hard and loud,
he could hardly hear the crowd
in the bleachers where they howled,
they were cheering.
I remember in the eighth,
it was clear that Lou was fading,
when something caught his eye
by the ceiling.
He saw her as she spoke
through the shifty yellow smoke,
she said: Louie you look bad,
are you dying?
But Louie could not answer,
his eyes were cast up to the rafters,
and then they slowly sealed
in silence.
Powder your nose,
pull off your pantyhose,
let me love you from behind,
my Darling.
Powder your nose,
pull on your pantyhose,
we're going down to my bout,
my Darling.
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version 2
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
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.
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