The Boxer Mumford & Sons
[Intro]
[C]
[Verse]
[C]I am just a poor boy
Though my story's s[Bm]eldom [Am]told
I have [G]squandered my resistance
For a [F]pocket full of mumbles such are [C]promises
[Bm]All lies and [Am]jests
Still a [G]man hears what he [F]wants to hear
And disregards the [C]rest[C]
When I [C]left my home and my family
I was [C]no more [G]than a [Am]boy
In the [G]company of strangers
In the [F]quiet of the railway station [C]running scared
[Bm]Laying l[Am]ow, seeking o[G]ut the poorer qu[F]arters
Where the ragged people [C]go
Looking f[G]or the places [F]only they would [C]know
[Cborus]
Lie-la-l[Am]ie
Lie-la-[G]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Am]lie
Lie-la-[F]lie la la la [G]la lie la la la la l[C]ie
[Verse]
Asking [C]only workman's wages
I come [C]looking [G]for a [Am]job
But I get no [G]offers,
Just a [F]come-on from the whores on Seventh [C]Avenue
I do [Am]declare, there were [G]times when I was so [F]lonesome
I took some comfort [C]there
Then I'm [C]laying out my winter clothes
And [C]wishing [G]I was g[Am]one
Going [G]home
Where the [F]New York City winters aren't [C]bleeding me
[Am]Bleeding me, going [G]home
[Cborus]
Lie-la-l[Am]ie
Lie-la-[G]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Am]lie
Lie-la-[F]lie la la la la lie la la la la [C]lie
[Solo]
(During solo play the verse chord progression)
[Bridge]
In the [C]clearing stands a boxer
And a [C]fighter [G]by his [Am]trade
And he [G]carries the reminders
Of [F]ev'ry glove that layed him down
Or [C]cut him till he cried out
In his [Am]anger and his [F]shame
"I am [G]leaving, I am l[F]eaving"
But the [C]fighter still remains
[Cborus]
Lie-la-l[Am]ie
Lie-la-[G]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Am]lie
Lie-la-[F]lie la la la la lie la la la la [Am]lie
Lie-la-[G]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Am]lie
Lie-la-[F]lie la la la la lie la la la la [C]lie
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