The Boxer accordi

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Do                                              Lam
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
       Sol
I have squandered my resistance
      Fa                             Do
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
             Lam           Sol                 Fa
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
                   Do      Sol    Fa Sol Do
And disregards the rest

       Do                                            Lam
When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
       Sol
In the company of strangers
       Fa                          Do
In the quiet of a railway station running scared
       Lam          Sol              Fa                                Do
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
        Sol              Fa    Sol          Do
Looking for the places only they would know

       Lam
Lie-la-lie
       Mim
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Lam
Lie la lie
       Sol                           Do
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

       Do                                        Lam
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
             Sol
But I get no offers
       Fa                                  Do
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
       Lam               Sol                Fa                               Do
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there
      Sol               Do
La-la-la-la-la-la-la

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       Lam
Lie-la-lie
       Mim
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Lam
Lie la lie
       Sol                           Do
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

         Do
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
                  Lam
And wishing I was gone
      Sol              Sol7                           Do
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Mim          Lam
 Leading me-e
      Sol      Do
Going home

       Do                                            Lam
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
       Sol
And he carries the reminders
   Sol                                 Do
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out
                     Lam
In his anger and his shame
      Sol             Fa                                  Do
"I am leaving, I am leaving."  But the fighter still remains
        Sol       Fa Sol Do
Hm, hm, hm

       Lam
Lie-la-lie
       Mim
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Lam
Lie la lie
       Sol                          [ Lam ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Lam          Mim
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie 
       Lam
Lie la lie
       Sol                          [ Lam ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Lam          Mim
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie 
       Lam
Lie la lie
       Sol                          [ Lam ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Lam          Mim
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie 
       Lam
Lie la lie
       Sol                          [ Lam ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Lam          Mim
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie 
       Lam
Lie la lie
       Sol                          [ Lam ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Lam          Mim
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie 
       Lam
Lie la lie
       Sol                          [ Lam ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Lam          Mim
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie 
       Lam
Lie la lie
       Sol                          [ Lam ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Lam          Mim
     Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie 
       Lam
Lie la lie
       Sol                          [ Do ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

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