The Boxer chords by Mumford & Sons

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

The Boxer
Mumford and Sons
4/4 time
100 bpm

Intro: C majorC x 4

C majorC
I am just a poor boy.
          G/BG/B  A minorAm
Though my story's seldom told,
    G/BG/B
I have squandered my resistance
   FF
For a pocketful of mumbles,
     C majorC
Such are promises
  G/BG/B   A minorAm
All lies and jest
     G/BG/B           FF
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
          C majorC
And disregards the rest.

C majorC
When I left my home

And my family,
       G/BG/B  A minorAm
I was no more than a boy
    G/BG/B
In the company of strangers
    FF
In the quiet of the railway station,
C majorC
Running scared,
G/BG/B  A minorAm
Laying low,
      G+G     FF
Seeking out the poorer quarters
            C majorC
Where the ragged people go,
    G/BG/B
Looking for the places
FF        C majorC
Only they would know.

    A minorAm G+G A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
Lie-la-lie...

C majorC
Asking only workman's wages
        E minorEm  A minorAm
I come looking for a job,
       G+G
But I get no offers,
    FF
Just a come-on from the whores
      C majorC
On Seventh Avenue
 E minorEm    A minorAm
I do declare,
      G/BG/B
There were times when I was so
FF
lonesome
          C majorC
I took some comfort there.

C majorC
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
      E minorEm  A minorAm
And wishing I was gone,
G+G
Going home
     FF
Where the New York City winters
     C majorC
Aren't bleeding me,
E minorEm    A minorAm
Bleeding me,
   G+G
Going home.

C majorC    E minorEm A minorAm G+G
La la la la la la
C majorC    E minorEm A minorAm G+G
La la la la la la
FF    C majorC
la la la la

Instrumental
G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm G+G FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC

C majorC
In the clearing stands a boxer,

And a fighter by his trade
    G/BG/B
And he carries the reminders
  FF
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
  C majorC
And cut him till he cried out
       E minorEm   A minorAm
In his anger and his shame,
   G+G       FF
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
    C majorC
But the fighter still remains

A minorAm G+G A minorAm FF G+G C majorC

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