Chords for The Boxer - Cover

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_ I am just a poor boy, though my story is [Gm] seldom told.
I [F] have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles such [Bb] are promises.
_ _ All [G] lies and jests, till [C] the man hears [Eb] what he wants to hear and disregards [Bb] the rest.
_ [F] When _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I left my home and my family, I was no more [G] than a boy in [F] the company of strangers, in the quiet of the railway [Bb] station running scared.
_ _ [G] Laying low, [C] seeking out the [Eb] poorer quarters where the ragged people [Bb] go, looking [F] for the places [Eb] only they [Bb] would know.
Lai, [Gm] lai, lai, _ [F] lai, lai, lai, lai, [Gm] lai, lai, lai, [F] lai, lai, lai. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Asking only workmen's wages, I come looking for [G] a job, but I get [F] no offer _ just to come on from the whores on [Bb] 7th Avenue.
_ _ I do [Gm] declare there [F] were times when I [Eb] was so lonesome I took some [Bb] comfort there.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Gm] evenly.
I [C] am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, that's not [Bb] unusual.
_ _ No, it [G] isn't strange, [F] after changes [Eb] upon changes we are more or less [Bb] the same.
[C] After changes we [Eb] are more or less [Bb] the same.
_ La [Gm] la lai, la [F] la lai, la la lai, la [Gm] la lai, la [F] la lai, la la lai, la la [Bb] lai, la la lai,
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ la lai.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ La [Gm] la lai, la [F] la lai, la la _ _ [Gm] _ _
lai, [F] la la lai, la la lai, la [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai.
Now I'm laying out my windows and wishing I [Gm] was gone, [F] going home.
_ Where the New York City winters [Bb] aren't leading me, _ _ [D] leading _ [Gm] me to go [F] any home. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by [Gm] his trade,
and [F] he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down [Bb] or cut him till he cried out.
In his anger and [G] his shame, I [F] am leaving, I [Eb] am leaving, but the fighter still [Bb] remains.
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ La [G] la lai, la [F] la lai, la la lai, la [Gm] la lai, la [F] la lai, la la lai, _
[G] _ _ [Gm] la la lai, [F] la la lai, _ _ _
[G] _ [Gm] _ la [F] la lai, la la lai, la la [G] lai, _ la [F] la lai, la _ _
[Gm] _ la lai, la [F] la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
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