{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":957134,"song":"The Boxer","artist":"Lee DeWyze","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11617789-the-boxer-chords-by-lee-dewyze/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/957134?type=chord","rating":4.76553,"votes":16,"content":"Intro: C - picked or strummed        Capo 3\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne---------------------|\r\nB------1--------------|\r\nG---------- 0---------|\r\nD--------2------------|\r\nA----3----------------|\r\nE---------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am just a poor boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThough my story's seldom told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have squandered my resistance[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a pocket full of mumbles such are promises.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll lies and jest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStill a man hears what he wants to hear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nAnd disregards the rest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I left my home and my family[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was no more than a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the company of strangers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the quiet of a railway station running scared.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLaying low, seeking out the poorer quarters[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the ragged people go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLooking for the places only the would know.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus 1:\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLie la lie,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAsking only workmans wages[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI come looking for a job [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I get no offers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nI took some comfort there, la la la[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow the years are rolling by me[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey are rocking evenly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I am older than I once was[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t\t  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd younger than I’ll be that’s not unusual.[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t [ch]Am[/ch]\t       [ch]G[/ch]\t\t   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt isn’t strange, after changes upon changes[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe are more or less the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAfter changes we are more or less the same.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus 2: (Same as chorus one)\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 5:\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen I'm laying out my winter clothes [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd wishing I was gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGoing home[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     \r\n  Bleeding me ____ Going home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 6:\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the clearing stands the boxer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a fighter by his trade[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he carries the reminders[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf Every glove that layed him down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr cut him till he cried out     [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn his anger and his shame,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"I am leaving, I am leaving!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]       \r\nBut the fighter still remains.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              \r\nI am leaving but the fighter still remains[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 3: (Same) Repeat 3x to end","plain_text":"Intro: C - picked or strummed        Capo 3\n\n\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 1:\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 2: (Same as chorus one)\n\n\nVerse 5:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 6:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 3: (Same) Repeat 3x to end","chords":["C","B","G","D","A","E","Am","F","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}