Chords for Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas — The Boxer — Live

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Alison Krauss, Sean Colvin, and Jerry Douglas.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I am just a poor boy, though my [Am] story's [Dm] seldom told.
[C] I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles, [F] such are promises.
_ _ [Am] All [Dm] lies and jests, [C] still the man [Bb] hears what he wants to hear and [F] disregards the [Bb] rest.
[C] Mm-hmm, _ mm [F]-hmm, mm-hmm. _ _
_ _ _ When I left my home and my family, I was no [C] more [Dm] than 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 go.
[C] Looking for [Bb] places [F] only they would know
La [Dm] la la la [Am] la la la [Dm] la la la [C] la la _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ la
Asking on the workman's wages
I go looking for [Dm] a job but I get [C] no offer
Just to come on from the holes on [F] 7th Avenue _ _
[C] I do [Dm] declare they [C] were kind when I [Bb] was solo
So much took some [F] comfort [C] there
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_ _ [F] I'm _ _ _ _ _ laying out my winter clothes and wishing [Dm] I was gone
[C] Going home where the New York City winters [F] aren't beating me
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ Beating me
[C] Going home, _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ in the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter [C] [D] by his trade
[C] And he carries the reminders of every glove that's laid him [F] down
A kitten to be prided in his anger [Dm] and his shame
[C] I am leaving, [Bb] I am leaving but the fighter [F] still names [C] going home
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