The boxer

C .... 332010
G/B .. X2000X
Am ... X02210
G .... 320003
G7 ... 320001
F .... 133211
Em ... 022000

[Intro]
C (picked or strummed - listen to 
the song and it's simple enough)

[Verse 1]
C
I am just a poor boy
                  G/B     Am
Though my story's seldom told,
        G
I have squandered my resistance
       G7                        
For a pocket full of mumbles such 
      C
are promises.
     G/B      Am
All lies and jest,
         G                F
Still a man hears what he wants to 
hear
                   C    G  C
And disregards the rest.

[Verse 2]
        C
When I left my home and my family
               G/B    Am
I was no more than a boy
        G
In the company of strangers,
        G7                       
In the quiet of a railway station 
  C
running scared.
G/B     Am           G          
Laying low, seeking out the 
    F
poorer quarters
                        C
Where the ragged people go
         G              F      
Looking for the places only they 
        C
would know.

[Chorus 1]
        Am          Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la 
lie,
Continúa después del anuncio
        Am
Lie la lie,
        G7                         
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la 
   C
la lie.

[Verse 3]
        C
Asking only workmans wages
                G/B   Am
I come looking for a job
               G
But I get no offers,
        G7                       
Just a come-on from the whores on 
          C
Seventh Avenue.
  G/B    Am               G      
I do declare, there were times 
         F
when I was so lonesome
                     C             
I took some comfort there, oeh la 
  G            C
la la, la la la laa.

[Musical bridge]
C  C G/B  Am  G  G7   C
C G/B Am  G F  F C G F C

[Verse 4]
        C
Now the years are rolling by me,
                 G/B  Am
they are rockin' even me
     G
I am older than I once was,
    G7                             
and younger than I'll be, that's 
    C
not unusual
            Am             G      
No it isn't strange, after changes
                      F            
 upon changes, we are more or less 
    C
the same
      G              F            
After changes we are more or less 
    C
the same.........

[Chorus 2]
        Am          Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la 
lie,
        Am
Lie la lie,
        G7                         
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la 
   C
la lie.

[Verse 5]
     C
Then I'm laying out my winter 
clothes
             G/B   Am
And wishing I was gone,
       G
Going home
           G7                  
Where the New York City winters 
         C
aren't bleeding me,
Em           Am         G     C
Bleeding me ____ Going home.

[Verse 6]
        C
In the clearing stands the boxer
              G/B      Am
And a fighter by his trade
       G
And he carries the reminders
    G7
Of Every glove that layed him down
    C
Or cut him till he cried out
             G/B     Am
In his anger and his shame,
      G             F
"I am leaving, I am leaving!"
                      C       G  
But the fighter still remains.
F  C


[Chorus 3] Repeat X8

        Am          Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la 
lie,
        Am
Lie la lie,
        G7                         
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la 
   C
la lie.

[Otro]
C  C G/B  Am  G  G7  C
C G/B Am  G  F  F  C  G F  C