The Boxer Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

C.... 332010

G/B.. X2000X

Am... X02210

G.... 320003

G7... 320001

F.... 133211

Em... 022000

Intro

C

Verse 1

CI am just a poor boy

Though my story's G/Bseldom tAmold,

I have sGquandered my resistance

For a pG7ocket full of mumbles such are pCromises.

All lG/Bies and jAmest,

Still a mGan hears what he Fwants to hear

And disregards the Crest.G C

Verse 2

When I lCeft my home and my family

I was no more tG/Bhan a bAmoy

In the cGompany of strangers,

In the qG7uiet of a railway station rCunning scared.

G/BLaying lAmow, seeking oGut the poorer qFuarters

Where the ragged people Cgo

Looking fGor the places oFnly the would kCnow.

Chorus 1

Lie la lAmie, lie la lEmie lie, lie la lie,

Lie la lAmie,

Lie la lG7ie la lie la lie la la la la lCie.

Verse 3

Asking oCnly workmans wages

I come looking fG/Bor a jAmob

But I get no ofGfers,

Just a cG7ome-on from the whores on Seventh ACvenue.

I G/Bdo declAmare, there were tGimes when I was Fso lonesome

I took some comfort tChere, la la Gla la la. C

Musical bridge:

C C G/B Am G G7 C

C G/B Am G F F C G F C

Chorus 2

(Same as chorus one)

Verse 4

Then CI'm laying out my winter clothes

And wishing IG/B was gAmone,

Going hGome

Where the NG7ew York City winters aren't bCleeding me,

EmBleeding me _Am___ Going hGome. C

Verse 5

In the cClearing stands the boxer

And a fighter G/Bby his trAmade

And he Gcarries the reminders

Of EG7very glove that layed him down

Or cCut him till he cried out

In his anger G/Band his Amshame,

"I am Gleaving, I am Fleaving!"

But the fighter still Cremains.G F C

Chorus 3

(Same) Repeat X8

Outro

C C G/B Am G G7 C

C G/B Am G F F C G F C