|D     -     -     |Gm    -     -     |D/F#  -     -     |Fdim  -     -     |
|Em7   -     -     |Em7/B -     -     |A13   -     -     |A7(#5)-     A7    |
|D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |


|A7    -     -     |A7(#5)/E -  -     |D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |
 Howard,                           The strangest          things      have 
|A7    -     -     |A7(#5)/E -  -     |D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |
 happened           lately        when I,
|A7    -     -     |A7(#5)/E -  -     |D     -     /D# /E|Fdim  -     -     |
 Take  a     good   swing       at     all             my dreams,     They 
|F#m7  -     -     |F#m7/C#  -  -     |Fdim  -     -     |Fdim/B-     -     |
       pivot and slip,                                  I drop        my 
|Em7   -     -     |Em7/B -     -     |
 fists and they're  back laughing,


|A7    -     -     |A7(#5)/E -  -     |D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |
 Howard,                               My               intention's 
|A7    -     -     |A7(#5)/E -  -     |D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |
 become not  to     lose   what I've   won,
|A7    -     -     |A7(#5)/E -  -     |D     -     /D# /E|Fdim  -     -     |
 Ambition    has    given              way             to desperation 
|F#m7  -     -     |F#m7/C#  -  -     |Fdim  -     -     |Fdim/B-     -     |
 and I                                                    lost the 
|Em7   -     -     |Em7/B -     -     |A7    -     -     |A7(#5)-     -     |
 fight from my eyes.


|D     -     -     |Gm    -     -     |D/F#  -     -     |Fdim  -     -     |
 Boxing's    been   good  to    me     Howard,
|Em7   -     -     |A7    -     -     |Dmaj9 -     -     |Gmaj7 -     -     |
 Now         I'm    told,       You're growing            old,        The 
|Em7   -     -     |A7    -     -     |F#m7  -     -     |Bm7   -     -     |
 whole time  you    knew,            A couple      of     years I'd   be 
|Em7   -     -     |-     -     -     |A13   -     -     |A7(#5)-     A7    |
 through.                          Has boxing      been   good        to 
|D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |
 you?


|Gmaj7(b5) - -     |D/A   -     -     |Fdim  -     -     |Fdim/D-     -     |
|Em7   -     -     |-     -     -     |A13   -     -     |A7(#5)-     A7    |
|D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |


|A7    -     -     |A7(#5)/E -  -     |D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |
 Howard,                               I               confess        I'm
|A7    -     -     |A7(#5)/E -  -     |D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |
 scared      and    lonely       and   tired,
|A7    -     -     |A7(#5)/E -  -     |D     -     /D# /E|Fdim  -     -     |
 They  seem  to     think       I'm    made        of     clay,
|F#m7  -     -     |F#m7/C#  -  -     |Fdim  -     -     |Fdim/B-     -     |
 Another day,                                         I'm not         cut
|Em7   -     -     |Em7/B -     -     |A7    -     -     |A7(#5)-     -     |
 out for this,            I     just   know  what  to     say.  I     say 


|D     -     -     |Gm    -     -     |D/F#  -     -     |Fdim  -     -     |
 Boxing's    been   good  to    me     Howard,
|Em7   -     -     |A7    -     -     |Dmaj9 -     -     |Gmaj7 -     -     |
 Now         I'm    told,       You're growing            old,        The 
|Em7   -     -     |A7    -     -     |F#m7  -     -     |Bm7   -     -     |
 whole time  you    knew,            A couple      of     years I'd   be 
|Em7   -     -     |-     -     -     |A13   -     -     |A7(#5)-     A7    |
 through.                          Has boxing      been   good        to 
|D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |
 you?                                                                 Well 


|Fmaj7 -     -     |Fmaj7/C -   -     |Bbmaj7-     -     |Gm9   -     -     |
 sometimes   I      punch   myself     hard as     I      can,  Yelling 
|Fmaj7 -     -     |Fmaj7/C -   -     |Bbmaj7-     -     |Gm9   -     -     |
 "Nobody            cares!" hoping     someone     will   tell  me    how
|Ebmaj9-     -     |-     -     -     |-     -     -     |-     -     -     |
       wrong I am.
|Em7   -     -     |Em7/B -     -     |A7    -     -     |A7(#5)-     -     |
 No                 -                  one.

 Long Hold 

|D     -     -     |Gm    -     -     |D/F#  -     -     |Fdim  -     -     |
 Boxing's    been   good  to    me     Howard,
|Em7   -     -     |A7    -     -     |Dmaj9 -     -     |Gmaj7 -     -     |
 Now         I'm    told,       You're growing            old,        The 
|Em7   -     -     |A7    -     -     |F#m7  -     -     |Bm7   -     -     |
 whole time  you    knew,            A couple      of     years I'd   be 
|Em7   -     -     |-     -     -     |A7    -     -     |A7(#5)-     -     |
 through.                       Has    boxing      been   good?       Has 
|A7    -     -     |A7(#5)-     -     |A7    -     -     |A7(#5)-     -     |
 boxing      been   good?       Has    boxing      been   good?


|D     -     -     |Gm    -     -     |D/F#  -     -     |Fdim  -     -     |
|A13   -     -     |A7(#5)-     A7    |D     -  Dmaj7(#9)|D     -     -     |