The Boxer Mumford & Sons
Although this can be played with a Capo on 5, this version is played with NO CAPO
[C]I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom [Am]told
I have [G]squandered my resistance
For a [G7]pocket full of [G6]mumbles such are [C]promises
All lies and [Am]jests
Still a [G]man hears what he [F]wants to hear
And disregards the [C]rest[C]
When I [C]left my home and my family
I was [C]no more [G]than a [Am]boy
In the [G]company of strangers
In the [G7]quiet of the [G6]railway station runn[C]ing scared
Laying [Am]low, seeking [G]out the poorer q[F]uarters
Where the ragged people [C]go
Looking f[G]or the places [F]only they would [C]know
Lie-la-l[Am]ie
Lie-la-[G]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Am]lie
Lie-la-[F]lie la la la la lie la la la la [C]lie
Asking [C]only workman's wages
I come [C]looking [G]for a [Am]job
But I get no [G]offers,
Just a [G7]come-on from the [G6]whores on Seventh [C]Avenue
I do [Am]declare, there were [G]times when I was so [F]lonesome
I took some comfort [C]there
Then I'm [C]laying out my winter clothes
And [C]wishing [G]I was g[Am]one
Going [G]home
Where the [G7]New York City [G6]winters aren't [C]bleeding me
[Am]Bleeding me, going [G]home
Repeat chorus
During solo play the verse chord progression
In the [C]clearing stands a boxer
And a [C]fighter [G]by his [Am]trade
And he [G]carries the reminders
Of [G7]ev'ry glove that [G6]layed him down
Or [C]cut him till he cried out
In his [Am]anger and his [F]shame
"I am [G]leaving, I am l[F]eaving"
But the [C]fighter still remains
Lie-la-l[Am]ie
Lie-la-[G]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Am]lie
Lie-la-[F]lie la la la la lie la la la la [Am]lie
Lie-la-[G]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Am]lie
Lie-la-[F]lie la la la la lie la la la la [C]lie
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