The Boxer

Do

Do                                       Do/Si    Lam
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
       Sol
I have squandered my resistance
      Sol7           Sol6               Do
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
    Do/Si      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                                     Do/Si    Lam
When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
       Sol
In the company of strangers
       Sol7         Sol6              Do
In the quiet of a railway station running scared
Do/Si    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                                  Do/Si   Lam
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
             Sol
But I get no offers
       Sol7               Sol6                Do
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
  Do/Si  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

Do     Do Do/Si Lam Sol7    Sol7
Do     Do Do/Si Lam Sol7
Fa     Do  Sol7 Fa  Do

       Do                                         Do/Si Lam
Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking evenly
         Sol
And I am older than I once was
    Sol7                Sol6               Do
And younger than I'll be, that's not unusual
       Do/Si   Lam             Sol            Fa                                Do
No, it isn't strange, after changes upon changes we are more or less the same
      Sol              Fa                Do
After changes we are more or less the same

       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                                        Do/Si   Lam
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
      Sol              Sol7            Sol6             Do
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Mim          Lam
 Leading me-e
      Sol7      Do
Going home

       Do                                     Do/Si    Lam
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
       Sol
And he carries the reminders
   Sol7               Sol6               Do
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out
             Do/Si     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                          Do
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Do     Do Do/Si Lam Sol     Sol
Do     Do Do/Si Lam Sol7
Fa     Do  Sol7 Fa  Do