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.