Heavyweight Champion of the World Chords & Lyrics by Reverend and the Makers
Heavyweight Champion of the World
guitar chords lyrics
G
Now that she's older
D Em
As the embers of romance fade to mortgages and leccy bills
D
Been comfortable and that
G D
Nobody told her that she'd ever reach the stage
Em D
Where her husband bores or her or she lies about her age
G
He's compromising
D
At least he's got a job for life
Em
Get born, get school, get job, get car
D
Pay tax and find a wife
G D
And on that note the end can't come too soon
Em D
If you're not living on the edge you take up too much room
C
I could've been a contender
Em
I could've been a someone
C
Caught up in the rat race
G
And feeling like a no one
C
Could've been me in the papers
Em
With the money and the girls
C A
I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world
G D
At school he used to dream about being Bruce Lee
Em
But the need for chops in the Manor Top
D
Ain't all that great you see
G
And so he gave up
D
On his black belt and first Dan
Em
As near as he got to China
D
Was a week in Camber sands
C
I could've been a contender
Em
I could've been a someone
C
Caught up in the rat race
G
And feeling like a no one
C
Could've been me in the papers
Em
With the money and the girls
C A
I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world
C
I could've been a contender
Em
I could've been a someone
C
Caught up in the rat race
G
And feeling like a no one
C
Could've been me in the papers
Em
With the money and the girls
C A
I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world
Fmaj7
It's boring, it's boring
Em
It might put you to sleep
Fmaj7 Em
As the same old routine repeated week after week
Fmaj7
And you work harder, work harder
Em
You're told that you must
Fmaj7
And you must earn a living
G
You must earn a crust
G
And be like everybody else
D
Be like everybody else
Em
Be like everybody else
D
Just be like everybody else
G
be like everybody else
D
Be like everybody else
Em
Be like everybody else
D
Just be like everybody else
A
Be like everybody else
E
Just be like everybody else
F#m
Be like everybody else
E
Just be like everybody else
A
Be like everybody else
E
Just be like everybody else
F#m
Be like everybody else
E
I'm not like everybody else
C
I could've been a contender
Em
I could've been a someone
C
Caught up in the rat race
G
And feeling like a no one
C
Could've been me in the papers
Em
With the money and the girls
C A
I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world
C
I could've been a contender
Em
I could've been a someone
C
Caught up in the rat race
G
And feeling like a no one
C
Could've been me in the papers
Em
With the money and the girls
C A
I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world
