intro C THE BOXER C C G/B AmI am just a poor boy Though my story's seldom told GI have squandered my resistance G7 CFor a pocket full of mumbles such are promises G/B Am G FAll lies and jests Still a man hears what he wants to hear F C CAnd disregards the rest C C G/B AmWhen I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy GIn the company of strangers G7 CIn the quiet of the railway station running scared G/B Am G FLaying low, seeking out the poorer quarters C G Where the ragged people go Looking for F Cthe places only they would know AmLie-la-lie GLie-la-lie la lie-la-lie AmLie la lie F G C CLie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie CAsking only workman's wages C G/B AmI come looking for a job GBut I get no offers, G7 CJust a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue G/B Am G FI do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome F C CI took some comfort there CThen I'm laying out my winter clothes C G/B Am GAnd wishing I was gone Going home G7 CWhere the New York City winters aren't bleeding meG/B Am G Bleeding me, going homeC C G/B AmLie-la-lie G C C G/B AmLie-la-lie la lie-la-lie G F CLie la lie Lie-la-lie la la la lasolo over verse n/c CIn the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade G7 And he carries the reminders Of ev'ry glove that layed him down CC G/B Am Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame G F F C"I am leaving, I am leaving" But the fighter still remains AmLie-la-lie GLie-la-lie la lie-la-lie AmLie la lie F G AmLie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie GLie-la-lie la lie-la-lie AmLie la lie F G C Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie