Boxing Chords by Ben Folds Five

[D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Howard, _ [Em] _ [G] _
[Dm] the [A] [D] strangest things _ [A] have happened _ lately [Dm] when I [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [A] take a good [G] swing [D] at all.
[G#] My dreams, [F#m] they pivot and slip.
[C#] _ [D] _ [F] _ [Bm] _ I drop [Em] my fists in their [B] back, [G] laughing.
[A] Howard, _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] my [D] intentions _ [A] become not to [A#m] lose what [Dm] I've won.
[Bm] _ _ [A#] _ [A] Ambition has [A#m] given [D] way to [Bm] _ _
_ [F#] [A] desperation and _ _ [F] _ [Bm] _
_ _ I've lost [Em] the fight for my [G] eyes.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ Boxing's [G] been [Gm] good to me, [F#] _
[D] _ [F] Howard.
_ [Em] Now I'm [A] told [D] we're growing [G] old.
[Em] The whole time [G] you knew.
[E] _ [F#m] [Bm] The couple of years I've [G] been through. _ _
[A] Has boxing been good [D] to you?
[F] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [A#m] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ Howard, _ _ [Dm] now I [D] confess _ [A] I'm scared and lonely [Dm] and _
_ [D] tired.
[A] You may seem to think [D] I'm made [B] of clay [F#m] of another day.
_ [F] _ _ I'm not [E] cut out [Em] for this.
I [A] just know what to say.
I [D] say boxing's been [Gm] good to [D] me, _ [F] Howard.
_ _ [Em] Now [A] I'm told [D] we're _ [G] growing old.
[Em] The whole time [Bm] you [A] knew.
[F#m] The couple of [Bm] years I've [Em]
been through.
_ [C#] Has boxing [A] been good [D] to you?
[A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Well, sometimes I punch myself [A#] hard as I [F] can.
Yelling nobody cares.
Hoping [A#] someone will tell me [D#] how strong I am. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] Boxing's been good to [D] me, Howard.
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] The whole time you knew.
[F#m] The couple [Bm] of years I've [Em] been _ [G] through.
_ [C#] Has boxing been_ _
[A] _ Has boxing _ been_
_ _ Has boxing been [B] _
_ good?
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A#] _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _