The Boxer Chords by Paula Fernandes
Tempo:
88 bpm
Chords used:
B
C#m
E
A
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
[B] I have squandered my resistance, for a pocket full of noble [E] such a promises
All [C#m] I sing just, [B] till a man [A] hears, what he wants to hear
And [E] disregards the rest
[B] [E]
When I left my home and my family was no more [C#m] than a boy
[B] In the company of strangers, in the quiet of the railway [E] station, running scared
[C#m] Laying low, [B] seeking out the poor [E] quarters where the ragged people go
[B] Looking for the places only [E] they will know
[C#m] La la lai, [G#m] la lai lai lai lai lai [C#m] lai lai [A] lai lai [B] lai lai [E] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking [C#m] for a job but I [B] get no offers
Just a comment from the words on [E] seven leavened wheat
I [B] [C#m] do declare [B] there were times when [E] I was so lump sum, I took some comfort there
La [B]
lai [E]
[B] [C#m] [B]
[E]
[C#m] [B]
[A] [E] [B]
[A] [E] [C#m] lai, la lai [G#m] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai [C#m] lai lai lai lai lai [A] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai [B] lai [E] lai lai
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [C#m] I was gone, [B] going home
Where the New York City winters [E] are and bleeding me, [C#m] bleeding [G#m]
me [B] Going home
[E] In the clear instance a boxer and a fighter, [C#m] body straight
[B] And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him [E] down
When they cut him, he cried out in his [B] anger [C#m] and his shame
[B] I am leaving, I am [A] leaving but the fighter [E] still remains
[B]
[A] [E] [C#m] La la la
La [G#m] la la
La la [C#m] la
La [A] la la
[B] [C#m] [G#m] [C#m]
[A] [B] [C#m]
[G#m] [C#m]
[A] [B] [C#m]
[G#m] [C#m]
[A] [B] [E]
[C#m] [B]
[A] [E] [B]
[A] [E]
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
[B] I have squandered my resistance, for a pocket full of noble [E] such a promises
All [C#m] I sing just, [B] till a man [A] hears, what he wants to hear
And [E] disregards the rest
[B] [E]
When I left my home and my family was no more [C#m] than a boy
[B] In the company of strangers, in the quiet of the railway [E] station, running scared
[C#m] Laying low, [B] seeking out the poor [E] quarters where the ragged people go
[B] Looking for the places only [E] they will know
[C#m] La la lai, [G#m] la lai lai lai lai lai [C#m] lai lai [A] lai lai [B] lai lai [E] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking [C#m] for a job but I [B] get no offers
Just a comment from the words on [E] seven leavened wheat
I [B] [C#m] do declare [B] there were times when [E] I was so lump sum, I took some comfort there
La [B]
lai [E]
[B] [C#m] [B]
[E]
[C#m] [B]
[A] [E] [B]
[A] [E] [C#m] lai, la lai [G#m] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai [C#m] lai lai lai lai lai [A] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai [B] lai [E] lai lai
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [C#m] I was gone, [B] going home
Where the New York City winters [E] are and bleeding me, [C#m] bleeding [G#m]
me [B] Going home
[E] In the clear instance a boxer and a fighter, [C#m] body straight
[B] And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him [E] down
When they cut him, he cried out in his [B] anger [C#m] and his shame
[B] I am leaving, I am [A] leaving but the fighter [E] still remains
[B]
[A] [E] [C#m] La la la
La [G#m] la la
La la [C#m] la
La [A] la la
[B] [C#m] [G#m] [C#m]
[A] [B] [C#m]
[G#m] [C#m]
[A] [B] [C#m]
[G#m] [C#m]
[A] [B] [E]
[C#m] [B]
[A] [E] [B]
[A] [E]
Key:
B
C#m
E
A
G#m
B
C#m
E
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
[B] I have squandered my resistance, for a pocket full of noble [E] such a promises
_ All [C#m] I sing just, [B] till a man [A] hears, what he wants to hear
And [E] disregards the rest
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When I left my home and my family was no more [C#m] than a boy
[B] In the company of strangers, in the quiet of the railway [E] station, running scared
_ _ [C#m] Laying low, [B] seeking out the poor [E] quarters where the ragged people go
[B] Looking for the places only [E] they will know
[C#m] La la lai, _ [G#m] la lai lai lai lai lai [C#m] lai lai _ [A] lai lai [B] lai lai [E] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai
_ _ _ Asking only workman's wages, I come looking [C#m] for a job but I [B] get no offers
Just a comment from the words on [E] seven leavened wheat
I [B] [C#m] do declare [B] there were times when [E] I was so lump sum, I took some comfort there
La [B] _ _
lai _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] lai, _ la lai [G#m] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai [C#m] lai lai lai lai lai [A] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai [B] lai _ [E] lai _ lai
_ _ Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [C#m] I was gone, [B] going home
_ Where the New York City winters [E] are and bleeding me, _ [C#m] _ bleeding _ [G#m] _
me [B] Going home
_ [E] In _ _ _ _ _ _ the clear instance a boxer and a fighter, [C#m] body straight
[B] And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him [E] down
When they cut him, he cried out in his [B] anger [C#m] and his shame
[B] I am leaving, I am [A] leaving but the fighter [E] still remains
[B] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] La la la
La [G#m] la la
La la _ [C#m] la
La [A] la la
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
[B] I have squandered my resistance, for a pocket full of noble [E] such a promises
_ All [C#m] I sing just, [B] till a man [A] hears, what he wants to hear
And [E] disregards the rest
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When I left my home and my family was no more [C#m] than a boy
[B] In the company of strangers, in the quiet of the railway [E] station, running scared
_ _ [C#m] Laying low, [B] seeking out the poor [E] quarters where the ragged people go
[B] Looking for the places only [E] they will know
[C#m] La la lai, _ [G#m] la lai lai lai lai lai [C#m] lai lai _ [A] lai lai [B] lai lai [E] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai
_ _ _ Asking only workman's wages, I come looking [C#m] for a job but I [B] get no offers
Just a comment from the words on [E] seven leavened wheat
I [B] [C#m] do declare [B] there were times when [E] I was so lump sum, I took some comfort there
La [B] _ _
lai _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] lai, _ la lai [G#m] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai [C#m] lai lai lai lai lai [A] lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai [B] lai _ [E] lai _ lai
_ _ Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [C#m] I was gone, [B] going home
_ Where the New York City winters [E] are and bleeding me, _ [C#m] _ bleeding _ [G#m] _
me [B] Going home
_ [E] In _ _ _ _ _ _ the clear instance a boxer and a fighter, [C#m] body straight
[B] And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him [E] down
When they cut him, he cried out in his [B] anger [C#m] and his shame
[B] I am leaving, I am [A] leaving but the fighter [E] still remains
[B] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] La la la
La [G#m] la la
La la _ [C#m] la
La [A] la la
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _