Boom Boom Mancini
by Warren Zevon

A slightly simplified version of a great tune, arranged for acoustic...


Chorus:

G5         Em      G5       Em
Hurry home early - hurry on home 
C         G                  D     Em 
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon 
G5               Em         G5     Em
Hurry home early - hurry on home
C         G                  D     Em
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon

     G5          Em        G5    Em
From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini 
G             D          Dsus4     D       Em
A lightweight contender, like father like son 
    G5            Em         G5    Em
He fought for the title with Frias in Vegas
       G       D    Dsus4     D      Em
And he put him away in round number one


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    G5      Em            G5   Em
When Alexis Arguello gave Boom Boom a beating 
G           D            Dsus4    D   Em
Seven weeks later he was back in the ring 
    G5        Em            G5    Em
Some have the speed and the right combinations 
G                     D          Dsus4    D       Em
If you can't take the punches it don't mean a thing


(Chorus)


Bridge:

          G           
When they asked him who was responsible 
D
For the death of Du Koo Kim 
         C
He said, "Someone should have stopped the fight, 
A   Dsus4           Em
and told me it was him." 
G5   Em                       G5        Em
They made hypocrite judgments after the fact 
    G               D       Dsus4   D       Em
But the name of the game is be hit and hit back


(Chorus)