Chords
The Boxer

Key: C

Introduction:

C                                                                                                                              Am  
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
                             G  
I have squandered my resistance
                                                                 G6                                                              C  
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
                                  Am                              G                                              F  
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
                                                                                     C              G         C  
And disregards the rest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Am  
When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
                        G  
In the company of strangers
                     G7                                 G6                                                                                    C  
In the quiet of a railway station running scared
                  Am                                                      G                                         F  
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
                        G                                                                                                                                    C  
Looking for the places only they would know
                     Am  
Lie-la-lie
                     Em  
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
                     Am  
Lie la lie
G                                                            F                                                      C  
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Am  
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
                                                     G  
But I get no offers
                          G7                                                                 G6                                                                      C  
Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue
                     Am                                                                 G                                                                    F                                                                                                                                         C  
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there
                     G                                      C  
Ooo-la-la la la la la
                     Am  
Lie-la-lie
                        Em  
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
                     Am  
Lie la lie
G                                                                      F                                              C  
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
C  
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
                                                                        Am  
And wishing I was gone
                  G                                                                    G7                                                    G6                                            C                                                      Em  
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
                                                  Am  
Leading me
                          G                            C  
Going Home
                  C                                                                                                                                                                                      Am  
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
                          G  
And he carries the reminders
          G7                                                      G6                                                              C  
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out
                                                                                        Am  
In his anger and his shame
                     G                                    F                                                                                            C  
"I am Leaving, I am Leaving."    But the Fighter still remains
G  G7  G6    C  
                     Am  
Lie-la-lie
                     Em  
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
                     Am  
Lie la lie
  G                                                              F                                 Am  
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
              C