Chords for The Boxer - A "Nic & Maureen" COVER

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_ _ I am just a poor boy though my story's [Am] seldom _ told _
[G] I've squandered my resistance [Dm] for a pocket full [G] of mumbles of [C] job promises _ _ _
_ All [Am] eyes and jests [G] still a man hears [F] what he wants to hear and _ [C] disregards the rest [G] Mmm _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ When _ _ _ _ I left my home and my family I was [Bm] no more than [Am] a boy in [G] the company of
strangers in the [D] quiet [G] of the railway [C] station running scared
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[Am] Laying low [D] seeking out the [F] poorer quarters where the ragged [C] people go
[G] Looking for the [F] places only [C] they would know
_ _ [Am] Lie lie lie
Lie [Em] lie lie lie lie lie lie
[Am] Lie lie lie _
_ _ [G] Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie [C] lie _ _
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_ _ Asking only workmen's wages
I come [G] looking for [Am] a job, but I get [G] no offer _
_ _ [D] Just a come-on from [G] the whores on [C] 7th avenue
_ _ _ I [Am] do declare there [G] were times when I was [F] so lonesome I took some comfort [C] there
[G] La la la la la la la
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_ _ _ _ Now the years are rolling by me, they [B] are rocking [Am] evenly
I [G] am older than I once [D] was, younger [G] than I'll be, that's not [C] unusual _ _ _ _
[Bm] No it [Am] isn't strange, after [G] changes upon [F] changes we are more or less the [B] same
After [G] changes we [F] are more or less [C] the same
_ La [Am] la la la _ _ [E] la [Em] la la la la la [Am] la la _ la [G] la la la la la la la la la [C] la la la la la la _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And I'm laying out my winter clothes and [A] wishing I [Am] was gone, going [G] _ home _ _
Where the New York City _ [D] winters [C] aren't bleeding me, _ _
[Em] _ _ bleeding _ _
[Am] _ _ me, _ [G] going home _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ In the clearing stands a boxer and a [A] fighter by [Am] his trade
And [G] he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
[C] Or cut him till he cried out in his [Bm] anger and [A] his shame
I [G] am leaving, I [F] am leaving, but the fighter still [A] remains, he still [G] _ _ [F] remains _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] La la la la _ la [Em] _ la la la la la [Am] la _ _ la [G] la la la la la [Am] _ la _ _ _
[Em] _ _ la la la [Am] la la la la _ _ [G] la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ la [G] _ _ _ _ la la [C] la la la la la la la la la _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ la _ [Bm] _ [C] la la la
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