The Boxer

I am just a poor boy	C
Though my story's seldom told	C a
I have squandered my resistance	G
For a pocketful of mumbles	G
Such are promises	G C
All lies and jest	a
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear	G F
And disregards the rest	F C
Mmm...	G C
When I left my home and my family	C
I was no more than a boy	C a
In the company of strangers	G
In the quiet of a railway station	G7
Running scared	C
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters	a G F
Where the ragged people go	F C
Looking for the places only they would know	G F G C

Lie-la-lie	a
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie	e
Lie-la-lie	a
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie	G C

Asking only workman's wages	C
I come looking for a job	C a
But I get no offers	a G
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue	G7 C
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome	a G F
I took some comfort there	F C
La la la la la la la	G C
Lie-la-lie	a
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie	e
Lie-la-lie	a
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie	G C

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes	C
And wishing I was gone	C a
Going home	G
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me	G7 G C
Leading me	e a
Going home	G

In the clearing stands a boxer	C
And a fighter by his trade	C a
And he carries the remainders	G
Of every glove that laid him down	G7
And cut him till he cried out	C
In his anger and his shame	C a
“I am leaving, I am leaving”	G F
But the fighter still remains	F C
Mmm...	G C
Lie-la-lie	a
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie	e
Lie-la-lie	a
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie	G C