The Boxer chords by Jerry Douglas, Mumford & Sons, Paul Simon
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, I am just a poor boy
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Though my story's seldom told
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I have squandered my resistance
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For a pocket full of mumbles
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Such are promises
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All lies and jest
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Still, the man hears what he wants to hear
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And disregards the rest
Verse 2
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When I left my home and my family
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I was no more than a boy
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In the company of strangers
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In the quiet of the railway stations
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running scared
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Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
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Where the ragged people go
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Looking for the places only they would know
Chorus 1
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Lie-la- lie, lie-la- lie-lie, la-lie-lie
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Lie-la- lie...
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Verse 3
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Asking only workman’s wages
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I come looking for a job
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But I get no offers
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Just a come-on from the whores
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on Seventh Avenue
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I do declare there were times
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when I was so lonesome
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I took some comfort there
Verse 4
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Then I’m laying out my winter clothes
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And wishing I was gone
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Going home
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Where the New York City winters
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aren’t bleeding me
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Leading me
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Going home
Interlude 1
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La, la, la la la...
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Solo 1
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Verse 5
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In the clearing stands a boxer
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And a fighter by his trade
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And he carries the remainders
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Of every glove that laid him down
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And cut him 'til he cried out
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In his anger and his shame
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“I am leaving, I am leaving”
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But the fighter still remains
Chorus 2
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Lie-la- lie...
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Lie-la- lie...
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Outro 1
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The Boxer
Jerry Douglas, Mumford & Sons, Paul Simon
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