*Use a capo @ third fret*

        D              A
The prizefighter and the heiress
      G            D
Both talented in their way
      D           A
Both fighting for inheritance
      G            D
Both entitled to their day

        D                 A
Said the fella, "I've thrown my gloves
       G      D
And loosed my shoes
       D           A
Come join me in the ring, my friend
       G          DAG
Quit these lonesome blues
       G       DAG
Quit my lonesome blues"

      D                    A
The lady thought the longest while
      G                    D
And bathed the time in light
      D                   A
She came to the conclusion
      G            D
That he hadn't won the fight

          D                  A
"Put your gloves back on," she says
      G            D
"And steady with your pride
      D                      A
You've dealt the eldest hand, my love
      G                    DAG
But that part of me has died
       G          DAG
That part of me has died"

      D            A
I'm a fortune telling concubine
      G          D
I'm a troubleshot saloon
         D            A
You're a welterweight companion
        G              D
And your light is at the loom

      D                   A
I'd rather chase my options now
      G                  D
And place you in the past
      D                   A
The future's not yet written
          G                DAG
Though the die behind me is cast
     G                 DAG
The die behind me is cast

    D         G           D
I don't know anything about you
       A            G        Em
But I'm sure that the doors of perception
      G            D
Are true in their ways
      Em         G
In the face of it all
      G            D       Bm
In the stark staring face of it

Bm A Bm
D  A Bm A Bm

      Bm             D
If you ask me where I'm going
      A             Bm
I'll tell you where I've been
      D             D5
'Cept you don't remember yesterday
      A         ( Bm A ) Bm
And I don't remember anything

  Bm           D
"Journey me west
    A             Bm 
Or journey me south"
       D            D5
Said, "Please put me down
        A      ( Bm  A )       Bm
Where my heart meets my mouth
 A        Bm
Meets my mouth"

 G            D
End of the requiem
 F#          Bm
End of the fight
 G            D
End of the struggles
       Bm     ( A )  D
At the end of the night

 Bm            D
Stop where you laugh
     A               Bm 
And look where you walk
 D           D5
Manage your head
      A   ( Bm A )  Bm
As you lighten your talk

 Bm           D
Solace made bones
            A             Bm 
And they're chanting for air
 D            D5
Sucking from mead
      A    ( Bm A ) Bm
In the coast of Rosslare
 A     Bm
Of Rosslare

 G            D
End of the requiem
 F#          Bm
End of the fight
 G            D
End of the struggles
       Bm     ( A )  D
At the end of the night

Bm          D
Me and my dream
   A            Bm 
As me and my girl
      D      
Have more than
    D5                 A  ( Bm A ) Bm
A thousand square miles to twirl

     Bm                    D
The earth loves her children
        A               Bm 
Look and don't break your stride
 D              D5
Keep watching forward
      A    ( Bm  A )  Bm
Got an owl, watch my pride
 A        Bm
Watch my pride

 G            D
Thanks for the dark
 F#            Bm
Thanks for the light
 G            D
Thanks for my guide
       Bm     ( A )  D
At the end of the night

 G            D
End of the requiem
 F#          Bm
End of the fight
 G            D
End of the struggles
       Bm      ( A ) Bm
At the end, at the end
   ( A ) Bm     ( A )  D
At the end of the night