Great White Hope - Styx (James Young, 1978) Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q. 4/4 TIME (UON) @ 144 BPM (4 Min. 10 Sec.) in 'E'. Chords Used: ----------- GUITAR KEYBOARD ------------------ ------------ - 0 2 2 1 0 0 -- #/ - 0 4 4 3 2 2 #-#- / - 0 0 0 2 3 2 -- / - 0 5 5 4 3 3 -- - 3 5 5 4 3 3 -- - 5 7 7 6 5 5 -#- - 7 9 9 8 7 7 -#- / - 7 7 9 9 9 7 -- / - 7 7 7 6 5 5 -#- / - x 5 5 4 3 3 -- - x 5 7 7 7 5 -- / - 0 0 2 2 2 0 -#- / - 3 3 2 0 1 0 -- - x 4 6 6 6 4 #-#- / - x 4 4 4 4 2 -#- - x 5 7 7 6 5 -- - x 3 5 5 5 3 -- INTRO: [16.75 M] ** All 'INTRO' Lyrics Spoken - ----- Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. In this corner, wearing white, from the city of the big shoulders, the number one contender in a ten-round exhibition for your entertainment. So when the bell sounds, prepare your- 3/4 4/4 -selves for the main… e-vent. VERSE #1: [16 M] -------- When… I… was… a young… man… I had to kick… and… scratch… and claw,… now it's like top… gun… in the old West,… ev-'ry- -bo-dy wants… me… to draw… If I… had… known… it would be like… this… I might have giv-en it a sec-… ond thought… But… if some-one had… told… me to give it up,… it's… a line… that I would-n't have bought… Look at me,… CHORUS #1: [16.75 M] --------- … I'm the great… white… hope… Can't you see… … I'm up a-gainst… the… ropes… Don't… you… know… it's so 3/4 4/4 hard… to… cope… when you feel… like the great… white… hope… GUITAR SOLO #1: [19.75 M (In 4/4)] -------------- | | | | | | | |/ | |/ | |/ | |/ | 5/4 4/4 | | | | | | CHORUS #2: [16.75 M] --------- … I'm the great… white… hope… Can't you see… … I'm up a-gainst… the… ropes… Don't… you… know… it's so 3/4 4/4 hard… to… cope… when you feel… like the great… white… hope… GUITAR SOLO #2: [8 M] -------------- | | | | | | | |… | VERSE #2: [16 M] -------- Now… you've… paid… your mon-ey,… you're sit-ting in… your… ring-… side seat,… … and I know… that… some of you out… there,… might wan-na see… the… champ… get beat… If I… had… known… it would be like… this… I might have giv-en it a sec-… ond thought… But real… life… sure is-n't… like… school,… there's… some les-… sons that just can't be taught… Look at me,… CHORUS #3: [16 M] --------- … I'm the great… white… hope… Can't you see… … I'm up a-gainst… the… ropes… Don't… you… know… it's so hard… to… cope… when you feel… like the great… white… hope… Look… at… CODA: [24 M] 'Refrain' (Since the original fades out, just ---- hold the final 'A/E' chord to end.) me,… up a-gainst… the… ropes… Look… at… me,… it's so hard… to… cope… Look… at… me,… I'm the great… white… hope… Look… at… me,… up a-gainst… the… ropes… Look… at… me,… so hard… to… cope… Look… at… me,… I'm the great… white… hope…