The Boxer

C
I am just a poor boy
                         Am
Though my story's seldom told
       G
I have squandered my resistance
      G7             G6           
For a pocket full of mumbles such 
    C
are promises
             Am
All lies and jests
        G                 F
Still a man hears what he wants to 
hear
                   C    C
And disregards the rest

       C
When I left my home and my family
      C       G      Am
I was no more than a boy
       G
In the company of strangers
       G7           G6            
In the quiet of the railway 
      C
station running scared
       Am           G             
Laying low, seeking out the poorer
  F
 quarters
                        C
Where the ragged people go
         G             F       
Looking for the places only they 
        C
would know


[Chorus]

        Am
Lie-la-lie
       G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       F            G             
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la 
      C
la la lie


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[Verse]

       C
Asking only workman's wages
       C       G     Am
I come looking for a job
             G
But I get no offers,
       G7               G6        
Just a come-on from the whores on 
        C
Seventh Avenue
     Am                  G        
I do declare, there were times 
           F
when I was so lonesome
                    C
I took some comfort there

         C
Then I'm laying out my winter 
clothes
    C       G      Am
And wishing I was gone
      G
Going home
          G7            G6    
Where the New York City winters 
         C
aren't bleeding me
Am                 G
Bleeding me, going home


[Chorus]

        Am
Lie-la-lie
       G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       F                           
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la
    C
 la lie


[Solo]

During solo play the verse chord 
progression


[Bridge]

       C
In the clearing stands a boxer
      C       G      Am
And a fighter by his trade
       G
And he carries the reminders
   G7               G6
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
   C
Or cut him till he cried out
            G        Am
In his anger and his shame
      G              F
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
                        C
But the fighter still remains


[Chorus]

        Am
Lie-la-lie
       G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       F                           
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la
    Am
 la lie

       G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       F                           
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la
    C
 la lie