Chords for Alison Krauss Shawn Colvin Jerry Douglas The Boxer

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_ _ _ _ I am just a poor boy, though my [Am] story's [Dm] seldom told
I [C] have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mambos
Such [F] are promises _
All [Am] [Dm] lies ingest, still [C] the man hears [Bb] what he wants to hear
and [F] disregards the rest
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When I left my home and my family I [C] was no more than [Dm] a boy [C] in the company of strangers
In the quiet of a railway [F] station running scared
_ [C] [Dm] Laying low [C] seeking out the [Bb] poorer quarters where the ragged [F] people [C] go
Looking for [Bb] places only [F] they would know
[Dm] Lila _ _ [Am] Lila _ _ [Dm] Lila _ _ [C] Lila Lila _ _
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Asking no more worthless wages I go looking [Dm] for a job but I get [C] no offer
Just to come home from the hoards on [F] 7th Avenue
_ _ [C] I do [Dm]
declare there [C] were times when I [Bb] was so low so much of some [F] comfort there
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Lila [C] Lila
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_ _ [C] Now _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [Dm] I was gone, [C] going home
Where the New York City winters aren't [F] leading me, _ _ [Am] leading _ [Dm] _
me, [C] going home _ _ _ _
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In the clearing stands a boxer and a [C] fighter [D] by his tray
[C] And he carries the reminders of every glove that's laid him down
[F] Cutting to the cry in his anger and [Dm] his shame
I [C] am [Bb] leaving, I am leaving but the fighter [F] still remains
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_ _ _ _ Ladies and gentlemen, Stephen Martin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _