The Boxer Chords by Erato (Sweden)

The track is in the F major.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• BPM: 77
• Key: F
• Capo: No Capo
• Chords: F, F/E, Bb, C, C/E, Dm
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: The Boxer
• Artist: Erato (Sweden)

 
[Intro]
 
F
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
F
I am just a poor boy
                  F/E    Dm
Though my story's seldom told
       C
I have squandered my resistance
      A#                      
For a pocket full of mumbles, 
          F
such are promises
    F/E      Dm
All lies and jests
        C                 A#
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
                       F
And disregards the rest
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
       F
When I left my home and my family
              F/E    Dm
I was no more than a boy
       C
In the company of strangers
       A#
In the quiet of the railway station
F
Running scared,
F/E    Dm             C 
Laying low, seeking out  
           Bb
the poorer quarters
                        F
Where the ragged people go
        C
Looking for the places
A#       C/E     F
Only they would know
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F/E        Dm             C/E
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie la lie
       Dm                 A#  
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie 
       C           F
la lie la la la la lie
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
       F
Asking only workman's wages
               F/E   Dm
I come looking for a job
             C
But I get no offers
       A#
Just a come-on from the wh*res
           F
On Seventh Avenue
F/E  Dm
I do declare
           C                   A#
There were times when I was so lonesome
                    F
I took some comfort there
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F/E        Dm             C/E
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie la lie
       Dm                 A#   
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie 
       C           F
la lie la la la la lie
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
         F
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
            F/E   Dm
And wishing I was gone
      C
Going home
          A#
Where the New York City winters
       F
Aren't bleeding me
F/E         Dm
   Bleeding me (bleeding me)
      C
Going home
F/E      Dm
Bleeding me (bleeding me)
      C
Going home
      F
Going home

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