Chords for The Boxer - Matt Simons and Chris Ayer (The Living Room Series Vol 1.)

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I am just a poor boy, though my [A] story's seldom told.
[G] I have squandered my resistance [F] for a pocket full of mumbles,
[C] not sure what promise is.
_ _ All [Am] lies in jest till [G] the man hears [F] what he wants to hear
and [G] disregards the rest.
La, la, la, la.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
When I left my home and my family,
I was no more than a boy [G] in the company of strangers,
[C] the quiet of a railway station running scared.
_ _ [Am] I'm laying low, [G] seeking out the poorer [F] corners
where the right [C] people go, [G] looking for the [C] places only
they would know.
_ [E] La, la, la, [Am] _ [G] la, la, la, la, la, [E] la, la, _ [Em] la, [F] la, la, la, [G] la,
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Asking only workman's [G] wages.
I go looking for [Am] a job, but I get [G] no offers.
_ [F] Just to come on from the wars on [C] Seventh Avenue.
_ _ I do declare [G] there were times when I was [F] so lonesome,
I took [C] some comfort there.
[G] La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, _ _ [C] _ _ la, la, la, la, la, la.
Now the years are rolling by me.
They are [G] rocking even me.
I am older than I once [Gm] was, [C] younger than I'll be.
That's not [C] unusual.
_ _ [A] No, it isn't strange.
After changes upon [F] changes, we are more [C] or less the same.
[G] After changes, we are more [C] or less the same.
[E] La, la, la, la, [G] la, la, la, [D] la, la, la, [Em] la, [F] la, la, la, [G] la, _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ Then I'm laying out my winter coat and [G] wishing I was gone.
I'm going home where [F] the New York City winters [G] aren't
bleeding me, [C] _ _ bleeding me.
[F] _
_ _ [G] Going home.
[G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ In the clearance stands a boxer.
[G] A fighter by his [Am] trade.
And he carries the reminders [F] of every love that laid him [C] down
from Arcado till he cried out in [G] his anger and his [Am] shame.
I [A] am leaving, I [F] am leaving, though the fighter still [C] remains,
still [G]
remains.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ La, [E] la, la, [Am] _ _ [G] la, la, la, la, la, la, [E]
la, la, [F] la, la, [G] la, la, la, la, la, [Am] la, _ la, [G] la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ [F] la, la, la, la, la, [G] la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, [C] la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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