The Boxer

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[Verse 1]
C                             
I am just a poor boy, though my 
                 Am
story's seldom told
       G
I have squandered my resistance
      G7           G6             
For a pocketful of mumbles such 
  C
are promises
             Am           G       
All lies and jest still a man 
          F
hears what he wants to hear
                   C      G    F G C
And disregards the rest

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


[Refrain]
       Am
Lie-la-lie
       Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la 
C
lie


[Verse 2]
       C                         
Asking only workmans wages I come 
               Am
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 when
       F                      
 I was so lonesome I took some 
         C
comfort there
      G               C
La-la-la-la-la-la-la


[Interlude]
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| C     | C  Am | G7 |
                 (2/4)
| F     | C  G7 | F  | C     |
                 (2/4)

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Extra verse in live versions

        C                       
Now the years are rolling by me, 
                      Am
they are rocking evenly
         G
And I am older than I once was
    G7                G6          
And younger than I'll be, that's 
     C
not unusual
             Am             G     
No, it isn't strange, after 
       F                           
changes upon changes we are more or
     C
 less the same
      G              F            
After changes we are more or less 
    C
the same

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[Refrain]
       Am
Lie-la-lie
       Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la 
C
lie


[Verse 3]
         C                   
Then I'm laying out my winter 
                           Am
clothes and wishing I was gone
      G              G7            
Going home where the New York City 
G6             C
winters aren't bleeding me
Em          Am
 Leading me-e
      G7      C
Going home

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


[Refrain]
       Am
Lie-la-lie
       Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                          [
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la 
 Am ]
lie

Am          Em
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                          [
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la 
 Am ]
lie

Am          Em
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                          [
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la 
 Am ]
lie

Am          Em
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                          [
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la 
 Am ]
lie

Am          Em
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                          [
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la 
 Am ]
lie

Am          Em
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                          [
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la 
 Am ]
lie

Am          Em
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                          [
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la 
 Am ]
lie

Am          Em
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                          [
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la 
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lie


[Otro]
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| C     | C  Am | G7 |
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| F     | C  G7 | F  | C   C
                 (2/4)