Boxing chords by Ben Folds Five

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Howard,
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D 
the strangest things
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Things have happened lately
Dm 
C#aug 
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D 
when I take
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D 
a good swing at all
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Fdim 
F#m 
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Fdim 
My dreams,     pivot and slip
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E 
Em 
I drop my fists in  their back,
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laughing Howard
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D 
My intentions become
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Dm 
not to lose what I want
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D 
My ambition has given way to
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Fdim 
F#m 
desperation
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Fdim 
Abdim 
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And I've lost the
Em 
G 
A 
fight for my eyes
D 
Gm 
D 
Boxing's been good to me, Howard
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Em 
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D 
G 
Now I'm told you're growing old
Em 
The whole time you knew
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D 
F#m 
D 
Bm 
Em 
The couple of years I'd be through
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D 
Faug 
D 
Gm 
A 
C#aug 
Has boxing been good to you?
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Em 
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D 
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Howard, now
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I   confess,
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D 
A 
D 
I'm scared and lonely and tired
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D 
And I  seem to think I made a
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F# 
F#m 
claim
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Em 
And I cut out for this,
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I just know what to say
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Gm 
I say boxing's been good to me,
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Fdim 
now
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Em 
A 
D 
G 
Now I'm told, you're growing on
Em 
The whole time you knew
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F#m 
D 
F#m 
Bm 
Em 
A couple of years I'd be through
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Dm 
D 
A 
D 
Has boxing been good to  you?
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Well, sometimes I punch myself
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Gm 
As hard as I can
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Yeah, when nobody cares for me,
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A 
someone will tell me how
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Eb 
All I am
Em 
A 
Faug 
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Oh, oh, oh, oh...
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Gm 
D 
This has been good to me for now
Fdim 
E 
Em 
A 
D 
G 
Now I'm told you're growing old
Em 
A 
The old time you knew
F#m 
D 
Em 
A couple of years I'd be through
A 
Has boxing been good?
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Has boxing been good?
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Has boxing been good?
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Gm 
D 
Fdim 
Em 
D 
You