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Champion by Jesse Daniel
Champion
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Eb
Capo:1st fret
[Intro]
G D A D
[Verse 1]
D
He was lean and full of quiet rage
G D
And built just like a wall
G D
He had circles under his eyes
D A
And he stood at six feet tall
G
He rode an old bicycle
D
That he'd stole from off the rack
D
The kind of man that when he takes from you
A D
You don't ask for it back
[Verse 2]
D
His hands were big as baseball gloves
G D
And his fists were solid rock
G D
He was born out in Modesto
D A
From pure old Okie stock
G
And he moved here with his mama
D
But she left him long ago
D
And he looks just like his daddy
A D D7
Who he never got to know
[Chorus]
G
It's best to fear him
D
'Cause he only has his name
A
They call him Champion
D
'Cause he never lost a game
D
And out in that old cold town
Bm
He's the toughest of them all
G D
Never knew a man to challenge him
A D
That didn't take the fall
[Interlude]
G D A D
[Verse 3]
D
He had a leather wallet
G D
That he'd had since he was nine
G D
His mother said it was his dad's
D A
But he knew that was a lie
G
His mama had so many men
D
After he went away
D
It was likely one of theirs
A D
But Champion kept it anyway
[Verse 4]
D
Inside it was a photograph
G D
Full of holes and marks
G D
Of him and his mama
D A
On the swingset at the park
G
And on the back, it read
D
Your mom and daddy's pride and joy
D
On lonely nights, he'll pull it out
A D D7
And wish he was a boy
[Chorus]
G
It's best to fear him
D
'Cause he only has his name
A
They call him Champion
D
'Cause he never lost a game
D
And out in that old cold town
Bm
He's the toughest of them all
G D
Never knew a man to challenge him
A D
That didn't take the fall
[Interlude]
G D A D
D G D G D A
G D D D D
[Verse 5]
D
Two a.m. on August first
G D
A birthday all alone
G D
The lights they shone like candles
D A
On the window by the phone
G
And at the door, the sheriff's there
D
With a warrant to arrest
D
The man that they called Champion
A D
And put his case to rest
[Verse 6]
D
"So, come out with your hands up
G D
And you'll leave this place alive"
G D
Champion weren't afraid to kill a man
D A
And he weren't afraid to die
G
And he'd leave this world a violent way
D
Just like his father did
D
But you can't really blame him
A D D7
Oh, that poor old Okie kid
[Chorus]
G
It's best to fear him
D
'Cause he only has his name
A
They call him Champion
D
'Cause he never lost a game
D
And out in that old cold town
Bm
He's the toughest of them all
G D
Never knew a man to challenge him
A D
That didn't take the fall
G D
Never knew a man to challenge him
A D
That didn't take the fall
[Outro]
G D A D
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