The Boxer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]I am just a poor boy
Though my story's [D]seldom [Em]told
I have [D]squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles
Such are [G]promises
All [D]lies and [Em]jests
Still a [D]man hears what he [C]wants to hear
And disregards the [G]rest
[D][D][D]
[G][G][G][G]

[Verse 2]
When I [G]left my home and my family
I was no more [D]than a [Em]boy
In the [D]company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station
[G]Running scared
[D]Laying [Em]low, seeking [D]out
the poorer [C]quarters
Where the ragged people [G]go
Looking [D]for the places
[C]Only they would [G]know

[Chorus 1]
Lie la [Em]lie, lie la [Bm]la la lie la lie, lie la li[Em]e
Lie la [D]lie la la la la lie la la la la [G]lie
[G][G][G]

[Verse 3]
Asking [G]only workman's wages
I come looking [D]for a [Em]job
But I get no [D]offers
Just a come-on from the whores
On Seventh [G]Avenue
I [D]do de[Em]clare
There were [D]times when I was [C]so lonesome
I took some comfort [G]there
La [D]la la la la la
[D][D][G][G]

[Solo 1]
[G][G][G][D][Em]
[D][D][D][D]
[G][G][G][D][Em]
[D][C][C][G]
[D][C][G][G]

[Chorus 2]
Lie la [Em]lie, lie la [Bm]la la lie la lie, lie la li[Em]e
Lie la [D]lie la la la la lie la la la la [G]lie
[G][G][G]

[Verse 4]
Then I'm [G]laying out my winter clothes
And wishing [D]I was g[Em]one
Going [D]home
Where the New York City winters
Aren't [G]bleeding me
[Bm]Leading me[Em]
Going [D]home
[D][D]
[G][G][G][G]

[Verse 5]
In the [G]clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter [D]by his [Em]trade
And he [D]carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
Or [G]cut him 'til he cried out In his anger
[D]and his [Em]shame
"I am [D]leaving, I am [C]leaving"
But the fighter still re[G]mains
[D][C][G][G]

[Chorus 3]
Lie la [Em]lie, lie la [Bm]la la la lie la lie, lie, la li[Em]e
Lie la [D]la la lie la lie, la la la [Em]lie
Lie la [Bm]la la la lie la lie, lie, la li[Em]e
Lie la [D]la la lie la lie, la la la [Em]lie
Lie la [Bm]la la la lie la lie, lie, la li[Em]e
Lie la [D]la la lie la lie, la la la [Em]lie
Lie la [Bm]la la la lie la lie, lie, la li[Em]e
Lie la [D]la la lie la lie, la la la [Em]lie
Lie la [Bm]la la la lie la lie, lie, la li[Em]e
Lie la [D]la la lie la lie, la la la [Em]lie
Lie la [Bm]la la la lie la lie, lie, la li[Em]e
Lie la [D]la la lie la lie, la la la [Em]lie
Lie la [Bm]la la la lie la lie, lie, la li[Em]e
Lie la [D]la la lie la lie, la la la [Em]lie
Lie la [Bm]la la la lie la lie, lie, la li[Em]e
Lie la [D]la la lie la lie, la la la

[Outro 1]
[G](lie)[G][G][D][Em]
[D][D][D][D]
[G][G][G][D][Em]
[D][C][C][G]
[D][C][G][G]