The Boxer Chords by Erato

[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All [Dm] I suggest, [F] still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
_ When I left my home, my family, I was no more [Dm] than a boy
[F] In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, running scared
[Dm] Laying low, [F] seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
_ [Dm] La la lai, _ [C] la la lai, la la lai, [Dm] la la lai _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
Asking only workmen's wages
I come looking [Dm] for a job, but I get [F] no offers
Just [Bb] a come on from [F] the horse on 7th Avenue
I do [Dm] declare, there [C] were times when I [F] was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
La [Dm] la lai, la [C] la lai, la la lai, la [Dm] la lai
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] Then _ _ I'm _ laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I [Dm] was gone, [F] going home _
[Bb] Where the New York City [F] winters aren't bleeding me
[G] [Dm] Bleeding me, [F] going home _
[Dm] Bleeding me, [F] going home _