The Boxer

G
I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
G/F#   Em

          D
I have squandered my resistance
      C                          
For a pocket full of mumbles such 
                         G
are promises
   G/F#      Em
All lies and jests
        D                          
Still a man hears what he wants to 
   C
hear
                        C/B   G
And disregards the rest

         G
When I left my home and my family
                        G/F#  Em
I was no more than a boy
          D
In the company of strangers
         C                         
In the quiet of the railway station
                G
 running scared
G/F#    Em                 D    
Laying low, seeking out the 
                              C
poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
G

                D               
Looking for the places only they 
                         C Em  
would know
G/F#   G


Chorus:
        Em
Lie-la-lie
       D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
       Em
Lie la lie
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       C                   D      
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la 
      G
la la lie

            G
Asking only workman's wages
                        G/F#      Em
I come looking for a job
                  D
But I get no offers,
         C                       
Just a come-on from the whores on 
                                  G
Seventh Avenue
  G/F#  Em                     D 
I do declare, there were times 
when I was so lonesome
              C

                    G
I took some comfort there

         G
Then I'm laying out my winter 
clothes
                   G/F#  Em
And wishing I was gone
          D
Going home
                C              
Where the New York City winters 
                                 G
aren't bleeding me
      G/F# Em         D
Bleeding me, going home

Repeat the Chorus (He sings it a 
little bit different but it's
difficult to distinguish la's and 
lie's)

During solo play the verse chord 
progression

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

        Em
Lie-la-lie
       D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
       Em
Lie la lie
       C                   D      
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la 
      Em
la la lie

        Em
Lie-la-lie
       D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
       Em
Lie la lie
       C                   D      
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la 
      Em
la la lie

       D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
       Em
Lie la lie
       C                   D      
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la 
      G
la la lie