THE BOXER

PICK 4131

[C] I am just a poor boy though my story’s [Cmaj7] seldom [Am] told. I have

[G] squandered my resistance for a [G7] pocket full of [G6] mumbles such are

[C] promises [stop] All lies and [Am] jests still a [G] man hears what he [F]

wants to hear And disregards the [C] rest [G7]Hmmm [C] mmmm

[C] When I left my home and my family, I was no more [Cmaj7] than a [Am]

boy In the [G] company of strangers, In the [G7] quiet of the [G6] railway

station [C] running scared, Laying [Am] low seeking [G] out the poorer [F]

quarters where the ragged people [C] go

Looking [G7] for the places [F] only they would [C] know (stop)

Lie la [Am] lie Lie la [Em] lie lie lie lie lie

Lie la [Am] lie Lie la [G7] lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie [C] lie

[C] Asking only workman's wages I come looking [Cmaj7] for a [Am] job But I

get no [G] offers //// Just a [G7] come-on from the [G6] whores on Seventh [C]

Avenue [stop] I do de[Am]clare there were [G] times when I was [F] so

lonesome I took some comfort [C] there

[G7]Hmmm [C] mmmm (stop)

Lie la [Am] lie Lie la [Em] lie lie lie lie lie

Lie la [Am] lie Lie la [G7] lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie [C] lie

[C] Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [Cmaj7] I was [Am] gone

Going [G] home //// where the [G7] New York City [G6] winters aren’t [C]

Bleeding me [Em] leading me //// [Am] //// going [G] home //// [C] //// ////

[Am] shame I am [G] leaving I am [F] leaving but the fighter still re[C]mains[G7]

Hmmm [F]mmm [C]

CHORUS (X4: once single strums, once staccato, twice full strumming