Chords for Nick & Simon - The Boxer

[C] It is the box. _ _ _ _
I am just a poor boy though.
My [G] story is [Am] seldom told
[G] I've squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles such [C] a promise it
[G] All [Am] hasn't yet [G] still the man hears [F] what he wants to hear and [C] disregards arrest
[G] _ _ _ _ Ooh
[C] When _ _ _ _ _ _ I left my home and my family I was [G] no more [Am] than a boy [G] in the company of
strangers in the quiet of the railway [C] station running scared
_ _ [Am] Lay low [G] seeking out the [F] poor quarters where the ragged [C] people go
[G] Looking for the [F] places only [C] they would know
It is the beginning you [Em] will
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[C] _ Us _ _ _ _ can only work men's wages I come [G] looking [Am] for a job, but I [G] get no
_ Just come on from the whores on [C] 7th Avenue
And [G] I [Am] do declare
There [G] were times that [F] I was so lonesome I took some [C] comfort there
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Now
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[Em] I'm _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ laying out my winter clothes [G] wishing [Am] I was gone
[G] Oh where the New York City winters [C] on bleeding
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] In _ the _ _ [C] _ _ _
clearing stands a boxer and [G] a fighter [Am] by his [G] train and he carries the
reminders of every glove that laid him [C] down or
Till he cried out in his [G] anger [Am] and his shame [G] I
Believe me [F] I'm leaving but the fire still [C] remains.
I guess it's [G] still [F] remain
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