The Boxer chords by Mumford & Sons

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

G+G
I am just a poor boy
                 G/F#  E minorEm
Though my story's seldom told
     D MajorD
I have squandered my resistance
   C majorC                          G+G
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
  G/F#   E minorEm
All lies and jests
    D MajorD               C majorC
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
            C/BC/B  G+G
And disregards the rest

     G+G
When I left my home and my family
            G/F# E minorEm
I was no more than a boy
     D MajorD
In the company of strangers
     C majorC                     G+G
In the quiet of the railway station running scared
G/F#  E minorEm         D MajorD                 C majorC
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
                  G+G
Where the ragged people go
        D MajorD                    C majorC E minorEm G/F#  G+G
Looking for the places only they would know

Chorus:
    E minorEm
Lie-la-lie
    D MajorD
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
    E minorEm
Lie la lie
    C majorC          D MajorD      G+G
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

      G+G
Asking only workman's wages
            G/F#   E minorEm
I come looking for a job
         D MajorD
But I get no offers,
     C majorC                             G+G
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
 G/F# E minorEm           D MajorD                          C majorC
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
          G+G
I took some comfort there

     G+G
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
          G/F# E minorEm
And wishing I was gone
     D MajorD
Going home
        C majorC                        G+G
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
   G/F# E minorEm     D MajorD
Bleeding me, going home

Repeat the Chorus (He sings it a little bit different but it's
difficult to distinguish la's and lie's)

During solo play the verse chord progression

     G+G
In the clearing stands a boxer
            G/F# E minorEm
And a fighter by his trade
       D MajorD
And he carries the reminders
   C majorC
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
     G+G
Or cut him till he cried out
           G/F#  E minorEm
In his anger and his shame
     D MajorD           C majorC
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
               G+G
But the fighter still remains

    E minorEm
Lie-la-lie
    D MajorD
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
    E minorEm
Lie la lie
    C majorC          D MajorD      E minorEm
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

    E minorEm
Lie-la-lie
    D MajorD
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
    E minorEm
Lie la lie
    C majorC          D MajorD      E minorEm
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

    D MajorD
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
    E minorEm
Lie la lie
    C majorC          D MajorD      G+G

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