Chords for Gerry Guthrie - The Boxer (Official Video)

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_ Lie to lie, _ [G] lie to lie, lie to lie, lie to lie to lie, [Am] lie to lie, _ _ [F] lie [G] to lie, lie to, [C] lie to lie, lie to lie to lie, lie to lie, lie to lie, lie to lie to lie.
_ I'm just a poor boy, though my story's [Am] seldom told.
[G] I've squandered my resistance.
[F] For a pocketful of mumbles, [C] such a promise said.
All [Am] lies and jest.
[G] Still a man hears [F] what he wants to hear and [C] disregards the rest.
[G] La la lai, [F] la la lai, la [C] la lai lai
_ When I left my home and family I was no more [Am] than a boy
[G] In the company of strangers
[F] In the quiet of the railway [C] station running scared
[Am] Laying low, [G] seeking out the [F] poorer quarters
Where the ragged [C] feet would go
[G] Looking for the [F] places only [C] they would know
_ [Am] La la lai, _ [G] la la lai, la la lai lai
[Am] La la lai, [F] la la [G] lai, la la lai lai [C] lai lai lai lai
_ Asking only workman's wages I come looking [Am] for a job
But I [G] get no offers
[F] Just a come on from the whores on [C] 7th Avenue
I [Am] do declare, [G] there were times when [F] I was so lonesome
I took some [C] copper there
[G] La la lai, [F] la la lai, la [C] la lai lai
La [Am] la lai, _ [G] la la lai, la la lai lai [Am] lai lai _ [F] lai lai lai [G] lai lai lai [C] lai lai lai lai lai
And I'm laying out my winter clothes
Wishing [Am] I was gone, [G] going home
[F] Well, in New York City winters [C] aren't bleeding me
[Em] Bleeding [Am] me, [G] going _ [Em] home
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[C] _ _ _ In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by [Am] his tray
[G] And he carries the reminder [F] of every love that laid him [C] down
Or cut him, till he cried out in his anger and [Am] his shame
[G] I'm leaving, [F] I'm leaving but the fighter [C] still remains
[G] La lai, [F] la lai, la [D] lai lai lai
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