The Boxer Mumford & Sons
I was watching a youtube clip of Marcus Mumford playing this song with a capo on
the 5th fret and noticed it was here so I decide to figure it out.
Enjoy!
Capo on the 5th
[G]I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told[G/F#] [Em]
I have squ[D]andered my resistance
For a [C]pocket full of mumbles such are promises[G]
All[G/F#] lies and [Em]jests
Still a [D]man hears what he wants to hea[C]r
And disregards the rest[C/B] [G]
When I le[G]ft my home and my family
I was no more than a boy[G/F#] [Em]
In the com[D]pany of strangers
In the qu[C]iet of the railway station running scared[G]
[G/F#]Laying l[Em]ow, seeking out the[D] poorer quarters[C]
Where the ragged people go[G]
Looking for the [D]places only they would know[C] [Em] [G/F#] [G]
Chorus:
Lie-la-l[Em]ie
Lie-la-[D]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Em]lie
Lie-la-[C]lie la la la la lie [D]la la la la l[G]ie
Asking only [G]workman's wages
I come looking for a job[G/F#] [Em]
But I get no offer[D]s,
Just a co[C]me-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue[G]
I [G/F#]do dec[Em]lare, there were times [D]when I was so lonesome[C]
I took some comfort [G]there
Then I'm [G]laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was g[G/F#]one[Em]
Going home[D]
Where the New Yo[C]rk City winters aren't bleeding me[G]
Bleedi[G/F#]ng me[Em], going hom[D]e
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
In the cle[G]aring stands a boxer
And a fighter by his tr[G/F#]ade[Em]
And he carries[D] the reminders
Of ev'[C]ry glove that layed him down
G
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his [G/F#]shame[Em]
"I am lea[D]ving, I am leaving"[C]
But the fighter still remains[G]
Lie-la-l[Em]ie
Lie-la-[D]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Em]lie
Lie-la-[C]lie la la la la lie [D]la la la la l[Em]ie
Lie-la-l[Em]ie
Lie-la-[D]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Em]lie
Lie-la-[C]lie la la la la lie [D]la la la la l[Em]ie
Lie-la-[D]lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la [Em]lie
Lie-la-[C]lie la la la la lie [D]la la la la l[G]ie
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