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The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance by Sting
The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance
Key: B Major, afterwards modulate to C Major
Time: 3/4
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In the
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streets around here there was nobody tougher than me
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I was
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quick with me fists and fast with me footwork as
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you can plainly see But while
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fighting was useful for getting your way among the
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toughs of the town where you could hold sway There
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had to be something that was better than this I was
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fifteen years old and I'd never been kissed Well of
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course she'd ignore me, her friends would all sneer at me
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bloody nose dripping and me cauliflower ear for it's
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hard to convince in a romantic pose with a
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lovely black eye and a broken nose where a
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girl is attracted to skills more refined than the
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pugilist's art, and so I inclined to
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take meself serious as a modern romancer and I
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secretly learnt all the moves of a dancer ye
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swing to the left, ye swing to the right keep your
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eyes on your partner, more or less like a fight ye just
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follow the rhythm, and ye keep to the beat the
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important thing's never to look at your feet then a
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miracle happens, your mind's in a trance though the
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strategy's subtle, retreat and advance it's
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all about attitude, all in your stance at-
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tention to detail, leaving nothing to chance which
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explains how the pugilist finally learned how to
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dance well, I'd
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waltz with a broomstick and if I was caught i'd
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pretend I was sweeping or practicing sport but I
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really had eyes for your mother ye see wanting
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her to acknowledge this new version of me but now
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everyone's watching, expecting I'll fail but there's
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fire in me belly, there's wind in me sails I
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knew it was risky and I was taking a chance I
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couldn't retreat now, I had to advance so I
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swing to the left, I swing to the right keep me
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eyes on me partner, like I would in a fight I just
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keep to the rhythm and follow the beat the im-
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portant thing's never to look at your feet but a
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miracle's happened, and your mind's in a trance they're
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all laughing and cheering and looking askance on the
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night that the pugilist finally learned how to
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dance it's a
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three-minute round and you're back in yr corner you're
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licking your wounds just like little Jack Horner don't
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let your guard down try a jab with your right or you're
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losing on points by the end of the night then a
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miracle happens, and everyone's screaming you're
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pinching yourself just in case you're still dreaming you've
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taken the initiative, you've taken your chance it's the
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night when this pugilist finally learned how to
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dance in a
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bout where the strategist's bridges were burned where it
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seemed that his fortune had suddenly turned 'twas the
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night that this scrapper was suddenly dapper and this
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poor fellow's heart was still going like the clappers the
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night that the pugilist finally learned how to
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dance
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version 2
This is based on Sting's performance on the Tonight Show. It's a shortened version
of the original (missing two verses), but it sounded so good I wanted to give
it a shot. The missing two verses are played the same, so you can always just look
up the lyrics.)
If you want to reference this performance, search the web for "Sting serenades
Jimmy Fallon" from May 2015
Tuning: Standard tuning (CAPO ON 2nd FRET if you want to play like Sting does)
Play it like a waltz. :)
The guitar repeats on the different verses, but I've included the whole song here
so you can play along with the lyrics.
INTRO (play slowly, for effect)
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In the
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VERSE
streets around here there was nobody tougher than
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me I was
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quick with me fists and fast with me footwork
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as you can plainly see but while
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fighting was useful for getting your way 'mong the
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toughs of the town where you could hold sway. There
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had to be something better than this. I was
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fifteen years old and had never been kissed Well
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of course she'd ignore me her friends would all sneer at me
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D|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------6----6----|--------6----6------|
A|---0------------|---0---------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|--2--------------|---2----------------|
bloody nose dripping and me cauliflower ear
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
D|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
A|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|---7------------|---7---------------|---0-------------|----0---------------|
For it's hard to convince in a romantic pose,
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B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
D|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
A|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|---7------------|---7---------------|---0-------------|----0---------------|
With a lovely black eye and a broken nose,
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B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------6----6----|--------6----6------|
D|--------6----6--|---------4----4----|-------3----3----|--------4----4------|
A|---0------------|---0---------------|--0--------------|---0----------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Where a girl is attracted to skills more refined,
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B|--------8----8--|---------8----8----|-------8----8----|--------8----8------|
G|----------------|-------------------|-------6----6----|--------6----6------|
D|--------9----9--|---------9----9----|-----------------|--------------------|
A|---7------------|---7---------------|---7-------------|----7---------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Than the pugilist's art, and so I inclined,
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------6----6----|--------6----6------|
D|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
A|---5------------|---5---------------|--5--------------|----5---------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
To take meself serious as a modern romancer,
e|--------2----2--|---------2----2----|-------2----2----|---------2----2-----|
B|--------0----0--|---------0----0----|-------0----0----|---------0----0-----|
G|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|---4------------|---2---------------|---1-------------|--------------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----2---------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
And I secretly learnt all the moves of a dancer.
e|-----0----------|------0------------|--------0--------|---------0----------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--1-----1-------|---2-----2---------|---3---------3---|----4---------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|--0-------------|---2---------------|---3-------------|----4---------------|
Ye swing to the left, ye swing to the right,
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------6----6----|--------6----6------|
D|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------6----6----|--------6----6------|
A|---0------------|---0---------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|--2--------------|---2----------------|
Keep your eyes on your partner, more or less like a fight,
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
D|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
A|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|---7------------|---7---------------|---0-------------|----0---------------|
Ye just follow the rhythm, and ye keep to the beat, The
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
D|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
A|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|---7------------|---7---------------|---0-------------|----0---------------|
important thing's never to look at your feet, Then a
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------6----6----|--------6----6------|
D|--------6----6--|---------4----4----|-------3----3----|--------4----4------|
A|---0------------|---0---------------|--0--------------|---0----------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
miracle happens, your mind's in a trance,
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|--------8----8--|---------8----8----|-------8----8----|--------8----8------|
G|----------------|-------------------|-------6----6----|--------6----6------|
D|--------9----9--|---------9----9----|-----------------|--------------------|
A|---7------------|---7---------------|---7-------------|----7---------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Though the strategy's subtle, retreat and advance,
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------1----1------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------6----6----|--------2----2------|
D|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|-------7----7----|--------------------|
A|---5------------|---5---------------|--5--------------|----2---------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
(Read closely: Chords change faster here. Even Sting messes up the lyrics in the video)
It's all about attitude all in your stance
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
D|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
A|---0------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|----------------|---2---------------|--7--------------|---0----------------|
Attention to detail Leaving nothing to chance
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
D|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
A|---0------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|----------------|---2---------------|--7--------------|---0----------------|
Which explains how this pugilist finally learned how to
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
D|--------6----6--|---------6----6----|-------7----7----|--------7----7------|
A|---0------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|----------------|---2---------------|--7--------------|---0----------------|
dance
e|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|--------7----7--|---------7----7----|--------6----6---|--------6----6------|
G|--------8----8--|---------8----8----|--------7----7---|--------7----7------|
D|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|----6-----------|---6---------------|--5--------------|---5----------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
(I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO FIGURE OUT THE CHORDS FOR THE END... ANYONE WANT TO HELP?)
In a bout where the strategist's bridges were burned,
Where it seemed that his fortune had suddenly turned,
'Twas the night that this scrapper was suddenly dapper,
And this poor fellow's heart was still going like the clappers,
The night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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