Chords for The Boxer

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I am just a poor boy though my story [Am] seldom told
[G] I squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles [C] such are promises
_ All [Am] eyes and chest [D] till a man hears [F] what he wants to hear and [C] disregards the rest
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_ _ _ _ _ When I left my home and my family I was no more [Am] than a boy
[G] In the company of strangers in the quiet of the railway [C] station running scared
_ _ [Am] Legging low [G] seeking out the [F] poorer quarters
Where the ragged [C] people go [G] looking for the [F] places only [C] they would know
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_ _ _ _ _ Asking only what friends wait to say I'm looking [Am] for a job but I [G] get no offers
Just a coming 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] comfort there
[G] La-la-la-la-la-la-la _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ -la-la-la [Am] _ -la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la [Em] _ _ _
[Am]-la-la-la-la-la-la _ -la-la [G]-la-la-la-la-la _ [C]-la-la-laa
_ And _ I'm dragging out my winter clothes and wishing [Am] I was gone [G] going _ home
Where the New York City winter [C] siren bleeding me
_ [Em] _ _ Bleeding [Am] me
_ _ [G] Going home _
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_ In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter [Am] by his trade [G] and he carries the reminders
Of every glove they laid him [C] down, I'll catch him till he cradled
In his anger [Am] and his shame, [D] I am leaving, [F] I am leaving
But fighter [C] still remains
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_ [Am] Lai lai lai
_ [Em] Lai lai lai lai lai lai lai
[Am] Lai lai _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] Lai lai lai
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] Lai lai lai
Lai lai lai
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] lai lai lai
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