The Boxer chords by Mumford & Sons (Ver. 2)

The Boxer
Mumford and Sons
4/4 time
100 bpm

Intro: C x 4

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

C
When I left my home

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

    Am G Am F G C
Lie-la-lie...

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

C
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
      Em  Am
And wishing I was gone,
G
Going home
     F
Where the New York City winters
     C
Aren't bleeding me,
Em    Am
Bleeding me,
   G
Going home.

C    Em Am G
La la la la la la
C    Em Am G
La la la la la la
F    C
la la la la

Instrumental
G/B Am G F C Em Am G F C G F C

C
In the clearing stands a boxer,

And a fighter by his trade
    G/B
And he carries the reminders
  F
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
  C
And cut him till he cried out
       Em   Am
In his anger and his shame,
   G       F
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
    C
But the fighter still remains

Am G Am F G C