Chords for Mumford & Sons - The Boxer

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_ _ _ _ I'm just a poor boy, though my [G] story's seldom [Am] told
[G] I squandered my resistance [F] for a pocket full of mumbles
Such [C] are promises
[Em] All [Am] eyes and yet [G] still the man [F] hears what he wants to hear
And [C] disregards the rest _
When _ _ _ _ I left my home and my family I was no [G] more than [Am] a boy
[G] In the company of strangers
[F] In the quiet of the railway [C] stations running scared
[G] _ [Am] Laying low, [G] seeking out [F] the poor quarters where the ragged [C] people go
Looking [G] for the [F] places only [C] they will _ know
Well, [A] la la [Am] lai
La [G] la lai, la la lai, la lai
La [D] la [Am] lai
_ La [F] la lai, la la [G] lai, la la lai, [C] la lai _ _ _ _ _ _
Asking only workman's wages I come looking [G] for [Am] a job but I [G] get no offers _
[F] Just to come on from the whores on [C] 7th Avenue
[G] I [A] do declare there [G] were times when [F] I was so lonesome I took some [C] comfort _ there
_ _ _ _ _ Then I'm laying down my winter clothes and wishing [Am] I was home [G] Going home
Where [F] the New York City winters [C] aren't bleeding me [Am] Bleeding _ me [G] Going _ _ home
[C] Oh la _ _ _ lai La [Am] lai
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La lai, _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ la lai, [F] la [C] lai, la lai _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [G] La lai
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_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] In [C] _ _ _ _ the clearing stands a boxer and a [G] fighter by [Am] his tray
[G] And he carries the reminder [F] of every glove that laid him [C] down
And cut him till he cried out in his anger [Am] and his shame
[G] I am leaving, [F] I am leaving but the fighter [C] still _ remains
Oh [Am] lai lai
_ _ [G] Lai lai lai lai lai lai
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] Lai lai lai [G] lai lai lai lai
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