The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance by Sting from The Last Ship album
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Key: B Major, afterwards modulate to C Major
Time: 3/4
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In the-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|--0--------------|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--1--------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
streets around here there was nobody tougher than me-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|--4--------------|
I was-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
quick with me fists and fast with me footwork as-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
you can plainly see But while-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
fighting was useful for getting your way among the-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
toughs of the town where you could hold sway There-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|
had to be something that was better than this I was-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-----------------|--4--------------|--3--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
fifteen years old and I'd never been kissed Well of-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------3----|------------4----|------------5----|--6--------------|-------2---------|-------2---------|-------4---------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--4--------------|--5--------------|--6--------------|
course she'd ignore me, her friends would all sneer at me-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|--4--------------|
bloody nose dripping and me cauliflower ear for it's-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
hard to convince in a romantic pose with a-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
lovely black eye and a broken nose where a-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
girl is attracted to skills more refined than the-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
pugilist's art, and so I inclined to-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|
take meself serious as a modern romancer and I-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-----------------|--4--------------|--3--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
secretly learnt all the moves of a dancer ye-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------3----|------------4----|------------5----|--6--------------|-------2---------|-------2---------|-------4---------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--4--------------|--5--------------|--6--------------|
swing to the left, ye swing to the right keep your-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|--4--------------|
eyes on your partner, more or less like a fight ye just-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
follow the rhythm, and ye keep to the beat the-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
important thing's never to look at your feet then a-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
miracle happens, your mind's in a trance though the-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
strategy's subtle, retreat and advance it's-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|
all about attitude, all in your stance at------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--2--------------|-----------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
tention to detail, leaving nothing to chance which-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------6----6----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--6--------------|-----------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
explains how the pugilist finally learned how to-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------6----6----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|--3--------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------2----2----|--2--------------|--6--------------|-----------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
dance well, I'd-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
waltz with a broomstick and if I was caught i'd-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|--4--------------|
pretend I was sweeping or practicing sport but I-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
really had eyes for your mother ye see wanting-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
her to acknowledge this new version of me but now-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
everyone's watching, expecting I'll fail but there's-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
fire in me belly, there's wind in me sails I-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|
knew it was risky and I was taking a chance I-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-----------------|--4--------------|--3--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
couldn't retreat now, I had to advance so I-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------3----|------------4----|------------5----|--6--------------|-------2---------|-------2---------|-------4---------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--4--------------|--5--------------|--6--------------|
swing to the left, I swing to the right keep me-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|--4--------------|
eyes on me partner, like I would in a fight I just-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
keep to the rhythm and follow the beat the im------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--4--------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
portant thing's never to look at your feet but a-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
miracle's happened, and your mind's in a trance they're-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
all laughing and cheering and looking askance on the-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------0----0----|-------0----0----|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|
night that the pugilist finally learned how to-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------4----4----|-------3---------|-------1----1----|-------1----1----|-------2----2----|-------2---------|--2--------------|-----------------|--4--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|-----------------|--2--------------|
dance it's a-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--3--------------|-----------------|--3--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3--------------|-----------------|--3--------------|
three-minute round and you're back in yr corner you're-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------4----4----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--3--------------|--3--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
licking your wounds just like little Jack Horner don't-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------5----3----|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------5----4----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|--5--------------|--5--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3--------------|--3--------------|
let your guard down try a jab with your right or you're-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------3----3----|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|--5--------------|--5--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3--------------|--3--------------|
losing on points by the end of the night then a-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----3----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4----4----|-------3----3----|-------2----2----|-------1----1----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|-------2----2----|--3--------------|-----------------|--3--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3--------------|-----------------|--3--------------|
miracle happens, and everyone's screaming you're-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------1----|--3--------------|------------1----|-------3----3----|-------3---------|-------3---------|--3----3---------|-------3----3----|-------3---------|-------2----2----|--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3--------------|--3--------------|--3--------------|--3--------------|
pinching yourself just in case you're still dreaming you've-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------1----1----|------------1----|------------1----|-------1---------|-------2----2----|-------2---------|-------1---------|-------1---------|-------2----2----|-------2---------|-------2---------|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--1--------------|--1--------------|--1--------------|--1--------------|
taken the initiative, you've taken your chance it's the-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------5----5----|------------5----|-------5---------|------------1----|-------5----5----|-------5---------|------------5----|-------1---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---------|--0--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4--------------|--2--------------|--1--------------|
night when this pugilist finally learned how to-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------1----1----|-----------------|-----------------|------------0----|-------0----0----|-------5----5----|-------4---------|-------2---------|-------2----2----|-------3----3----|-------3---------|-----------------|--0--------------|--5--------------|-----------------|--0--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3--------------|
dance in a-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------10----10----|-------10----10----|--------9-----9----|--------9-----9----|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------10----10----|-------10----10----|-------10----10----|-------10----10----|--9----------------|--9----------------|--8----------------|--8----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
bout where the strategist's bridges were burned where it-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------8----8----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------5----|-------5----5----|-------4----4----|-------9----9----|-------5---------|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|--7--------------|-----------------|--5--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--5--------------|-----------------|--3--------------|
seemed that his fortune had suddenly turned 'twas the-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------7----7----|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------4----4----|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|--7--------------|-----------------|--5--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--5--------------|-----------------|--3--------------|
night that this scrapper was suddenly dapper and this-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------7----7----|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------4----4----|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------3----3----|-------3----3----|--7--------------|-----------------|--5--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--5--------------|-----------------|--3--------------|
poor fellow's heart was still going like the clappers the-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------10----10----|--------9-----9----|-------8----8----|-------7----7----|-------------------|-------------------|-------5----5----|-------5----5----|-------10----10----|-------10----10----|-----------------|-----------------|--9----------------|--8----------------|--7--------------|--6--------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
night that the pugilist finally learned how to-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--6--------------|-----------------|--0--------------|-----------------|--5--------------|-----------------|--1--------------|-----------------|--7--------------|-----------------|--3--------------|-----------------|--5--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3--------------|-----------------|
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