Chords for Jerry Douglas - The Boxer (feat. Mumford & Sons and Paul Simon)

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I am just a poor boy, though my story's [Am] seldom told
[G] I squandered my resistance [F] for a pocket full of mumbles
Such [C] are promises, or [Am] lies and jests Still [G] the man hears [F] what he wants to hear
And [C] disregards the rest _ _ _ _ When I left my home and my family
I was [G] no more [Am] than a boy in the [G] company of strangers
In the [F] quiet of the railway [C] stations running scared
[G] [Am] Laying low, [G] seeking out the [F] poor quarters Where the ragged people [C] go
Looking [Bm] for the places [C] only they will know
_ [A] Well, lie, lie, [Am] lie, [G] lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, [A] lie, lie, [Am] lie, [F] lie, lie, [G] lie, lie, lie, _ [C]
lie
_ _ _ _ _ Asking only women's wages I come looking [Am] for a job but [G] I get no offers
_ [F] Just to come on from the whores on [C] 7th Avenue
I [A] do declare [G] there were times [F] when I was so lonesome I took [C] some comfort there _ _
_ _ Then I'm laying down my winter clothes [Em] and wishing I was home [G] going home
[F] Where the New York City winters [C] aren't bleeding me, [Am] bleeding me [G] going _ home
[C] Oh la la la [E] la la [G] _
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_ [C] In [C] the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by [Am] his trade
[G] And he carries the reminder [F] of every glove that laid him down [C] and caught him till he cried out
In his anger [Am] and his shame [G] I am leaving [F] I am leaving but the fighter [C] still remains
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