The Boxer

C I am just a poor boy Am Though my story's seldom told G I have squandered my resistance G7 G6 C For a pocket full of mumbles such 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 C In the quiet of the railway station running scared Am G F Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters C Where the ragged people go G F C Looking for the places only they would know Am Lie-la-lie G Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie F C Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie C Asking only workman's wages C G Am I come looking for a job G But I get no offers, G7 G6 C Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue Am G F I do declare, there were times 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 C Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me Am G Bleeding me, going home Repeat chorus During solo play the verse chord progression 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 Am F In his anger and his shame G F "I am leaving, I am leaving" C But the fighter still remains Am Lie-la-lie G Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie F Am Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie G Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie F C Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie