The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats - The Boxer Chords

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I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
[G] I squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles [C] such are promises
_ All [Am] eyes and chests [G] till the 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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Lacking _ _ _ _ _ only what rents, wages, I come looking [Am] for a job but I get [G] no offers
Just a come on from the whores on [C] 7th Avenue
_ _ I [Am] do declare there [G] were times when [F] I was so lonesome I took some [C] comfort there
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dragging out my winter clothes and wishing [Am] I was gone
[G] Going home where the New York City winter [C] siren's bleeding me
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[Am] Bleeding 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 cried out in his anger [Am] and his shame
[G] I am leaving, [F] I am leaving, but fighters [C] still remains
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