C# E
I'm sick of only making peanuts.
C# G#
I'm sick of stale sandwich bread.
C#
I've got a plan to make it better
A E
And it begins with a simple punch to my head.
E G# C# A B
E A B
Another count and I'm down but I'm wearing him down.
E A B
Keeping the faith that I've got what it takes.
E A B
Deride my pride but I'll be alright.
E A B
I've got a Rocky II lunchbox with bills in it and I'll scrape by.
E B
I have seen this on some episode
C# A B
Of Maude, Fish, Chips, or the White Shadow
E B C#
Rerun in my mind a thousand times
A B
Though I forget the channel.
E A B
But I am back in my corner with ice packs and water
E A B
The champ's right hook changing my good side to bad.
E A B
Too late to make a run for the van
E A B
The doc leans in timidly asking about my health plan
E B C#
I can see the referee wants to go home
A B
(homey's got a wife and family)
E B C#
And my detractors clap their hands and blow their smoke
A B
(Headline news in next day's sportspage.)
B
With every second that goes by
B
I don't mind my swollen eyes.
E G# A B
'Cause I bet on myself and I'm making a killing.
E G# A B
My opponent planned victory, I planned to lose.
E C# B
My bookie is crying, my wife thinks I'm dying
E G# A B E
But I've got a nest egg that's hatching in the final round.
E G# C# A B
E A B
And as I fall to the floor I don't feel so hardcore
E A B
My teeth swinging loose like a drunk girl's caboose
E C# B
My boys in the corner are pensive and somber
E A B
And Father O'Reilly is crossing himself more and more
E B C#
I can see the referee wants to go home
A B
(homey's got a wife and family)
E B C#
And my detractors clap their hands and blow their smoke
A B
(Headline news in next day's sportspage.)
E G# A B
'Cause I bet on myself and I'm making a killing.
E G# A B
My opponent planned victory, I planned to lose.
E C# B
My bookie is crying, my wife thinks I'm dying
E G# A B E
But I've got a nest egg that's hatching in the final round.
And the room spins round and round..
B.
The victory party's at my place
B
After my loss and my disgrace.
E G# A B
'Cause I bet on myself and I'm making a killing.
E G# A B
My opponent planned victory, I planned to lose.
E C# B
My bookie is crying, my wife thinks I'm dying
E G# A B E
But I've got a nest egg that's hatching in the final round.
You should've never come back, never come back, never come back....