Standard Tuning, live versions currently available sound to be Capo I

Might just be my preference, but Play D as 554030, sounds better than xx0232 or 200232

G  320033
Em 022000
C  332010
D  552030

|: G Em C D :|

GIt's (320003@1)boxing night 
   EmI (022000@1)celebrate in style
      Cwith (x32010@1)boxer shorts and spirits 
                    Dfloor (xx0232@1)litteed with ghosts of bottles passed

GThere's (320003@1)a naked hush
         Emclothed (022000@1)only with breath and a pulse
      Cof (x32010@1)a heart that is kicking 
                 Das (xx0232@1)though it is desperate to be born

Gand (320003@1)I'm hostage blind
 Emdeaf (022000@1)to the din outside
      CGood (x32010@1)Glasgow could burn to it's bones (timber?) tonight 
         Dand (xx0232@1)I'd barely blink an eye

G Em C D

Gwell (320003@1)the clock just stopped 
     Emput (022000@1)that on my fucking headstone (you can cut that into my headstone)
       Cwon't (x32010@1)something move so I stop
           Dstaring (xx0232@1)a hole into the phone

Cyou (x32010@1)can get me at home
                     DI'll (xx0232@1)be drinking to death
                   Cjust (x32010@1)me and these walls
                 Dand (xx0232@1)a beaten up chair 
           Gon (320003@1)boxing day

(G)
this is boxing night
     Emand (022000@1)someone lost an eye
        Cwell (x32010@1)I swear I've lost the last drop 
             Dof (xx0232@1)whatever kept me awake, alive

Gwe (320003@1)fell in the Forth from a heavy right hook
      Emto (022000@1)a blushed and swollen face
          Cand (x32010@1)in a single blow it's murdered 
                  Dand (xx0232@1)now it takes years to waste away

Gwell (320003@1)I can't call you all night any more
         EmI (022000@1)can't call you full stop
            Cthough (x32010@1)you know you can call me up any time
           Dcall (xx0232@1)me whatever the fuck you want

Cyou (x32010@1)can get me at home
                     DI'll (xx0232@1)be drinking to death
                   Cjust (x32010@1)me and these walls
                 Dand (xx0232@1)a beaten up chair

Cyou (x32010@1)can get me at home
                     DI'll (xx0232@1)be drinking to death
                   Cjust (x32010@1)me and these walls
                  Dand (xx0232@1)my beaten up chair

Gon (320003@1)boxing day

|: (G) Em C D :| Repeat A few times; end on G
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