Warren Zevon’s version
Capo 1st fret
G5 355xxx or xx00xx (or play a straight Em with a G in the E5 022xxx bass for the first beats in the riff) D9 xx0210 or x54530
G5 E5 G5 E5 : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0---------------|---------0-2-----|-0---------------|-----------------| |-0-----2-----2---|-----2---0-2-----|-0-----2-----2---|-----------------| |-------2-----2---|-----2-----------|-------2-----2---|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G5 E5 G5 E5 Hurry home early hurry on home C G F#m E5 Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
G5 E5 G5 E5
From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
G D G D E5
A lightweight contender, like father like son
He fought for the title with Frias in Vegas
And he put him away in round number one
Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon x2
When Alexis Arguello gave Boom Boom a beating Seven weeks later he was back in the ring Some have the speed and the right combinations If you can't take the punches, it don't mean a thing
Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon x2
G
When they asked him who was responsible
D
For the death of Du Koo Kim
C
He said, "Some one should have stopped the fight
D9 E
And told me it was him."
They made hypocrite judgements after the fact But the name of the game is be hit and hit back
Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
Dylan’s version
Some of the harmonic finesses lack this is a more straightforward Em blues of some kind. Some minor lyric changes, some of which may even be conscious.
Capo 3rd fret
G Em : . . . : . . . |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-0---------------|---------0-2-----| rep. |-------2-----2---|-----2-----------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
G Em G Em Hurry home early hurry on home C G D Em Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
G Em G Em
From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
G D G D Em
A lightweight contender, like father like son
He fought for the title with Frias in Vegas
And he put him away in round number one
Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon x2
When Alexis Arguello gave Boom Boom a beating Seven months later he was back in the ring Some have the speed and the right combinations If you can't take the punches, it don't mean a thing
Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon x2
Em G
When they asked him who was responsible
D
For the death of Du Koo Kim
C
He said, "Some one should have stopped the fight
Em
And told me it was him."
They made hypocrite judgements after the fact But the name of the game is be hit and hit back
Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon