Chords for Jim van der Zee - The Boxer (Official audio)

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Well, I'm just a poor boy, though [Bm] my story's seldom told
[G] I've squandered my resistance, [C] where a pocketful of mumbles [G] such are promises
_ _ All [Em] lies and jest, still [D] a man is [C] what he wants to hear
In this [G] regard's the rest, [D] la la la la la la
_ _ _ When I left my home and my family, I was no more [Em] than a boy in [D] the company of strangers
[C] The quiet of the railway [G] station running [C] scared
_ _ [Em] Laying low, [D] seeking out the [C] poorer quarters, where the ragged people go
[D] Looking for the [C] places only they
[G] _ _ La [Em] la lai, la [D] la lai la lai la lai, [Em] la la lai, la [C] la lai la [D] lai la lai la [G] lai _ _ _ _ _ _
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking [Em] for a job but I get [D] no offers
_ [C] Just a call from the whores on [G] 7th Avenue
_ _ I [Em] do declare there [D] were times when I [C] was so lonesome I took some comfort there
[D] La la _ lai, _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ la [D] la lai la lai la lai, [Em] la la lai, _ [C] la la lai la [D] lai la lai
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Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I [Em] was gone, [D] going home
[C] Well the New York City winters [G] are bleeding me, _ [Bm] _ bleeding [Em] me, _ _ [D] going home _ _
_ _ _ [G] In the clearing stands a boxer and he's [D] fighting by a [Em] straight
And he carries a reminder [C] of every glove that laid him down
[G] I'll cut him till he cried off in his [F#m] anger and his shame
[D] I'm leaving, I'm [C] leaving, the fight is still [G] ringing _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] La lai, _ [D] la la lai la lai la [Em] lai, _ [C] la lai, _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ la [C] lai la lai la lai
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