The Boxer

Akkoorden in dit liedje

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I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
         G                             F  
I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles
           C     
such are promises
              Am            G                 F         
All lies and just, still a man hears what he wants to hear
                    C     G  F  C    
and disregards the rest, mmm
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  C                                                     Am
When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy
        G                           F
In the company of strangers in the quiet of a railway station
 C
running scared
        Am          C               F                                C     
laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
         G             F                 C     
looking for the places only they would know
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        Am             G   
refrain 		lie la lie, 	lie la lie la, lie la lie
        Am             G              F              C  
lie la lie, 	lie la lie la, lie la lie, lalala la lie
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C                                                  Am 
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job                    
             G 
but I get no offers
        F                                  C
just a come on from the whores, on seventh avenue
         Am              G                F 
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome
                      C       C  G