{"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":964865,"song":"Boxer","artist":"The Gaslight Anthem","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11619221-boxer-chords-by-the-gaslight-anthem/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/964865?type=chord","rating":4.88119,"votes":91,"content":"Boxer (Acoustic)\r\nAs played live by Brian Fallon on KEXP\r\n\r\nChord placement is approximate...play through it a couple times and you'll get it.\r\n\r\nTuning: Full Step Down\r\n\r\nIntro: \r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                                 \r\nI know you got your pride and your prose tucked just like a tommy gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSomewhere in the smoke just in case you needed some[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI heard it's been a ride, rougher than the last one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce you used to say, oh, the harder they come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he, he swears he's praying for a good time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he, he said he just doesn't miss her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I have heard you never really lose it, do ya? do ya?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou took it all gracefully on the chin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKnowing that the beatings had to some day end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou found the bandages inside the pen and the stitches on the radio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut there was something heavy holding you down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd there were whispers that were driving you crazy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd now you haunt the heart of this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember when I knew a boxer, baby[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd your tattooed knuckles, oh how they grind down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTry to be a man, tough just like your father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nTry to settle down, more like calm down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember them songs and the reasons we were singing for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he said, he just doesn't miss her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he, he says it's somewhere in his framework[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I have heard you never really lose it, do ya? do ya?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou took it all gracefully on the chin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKnowing that the beatings had to some day end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou found the bandages inside the pen and the stitches on the radio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut there was something heavy holding you down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd there were reasons that were driving you crazy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nUntil you haunt the heart of this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember when I knew a boxer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you can wait all night long, until it all goes wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you waste away your soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you can wait wait wait[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou took it all gracefully on the chin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKnowing that the beatings had to some day end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou found the bandages inside the pen and the stitches on the radio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut there was something heavy holding you down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd there were whispers that were driving you crazy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nUntil you haunt the heart of this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember when I knew a boxer, baby[/tab]","plain_text":"Boxer (Acoustic)\nAs played live by Brian Fallon on KEXP\n\nChord placement is approximate...play through it a couple times and you'll get it.\n\nTuning: Full Step Down\n\nIntro: \nC Am F G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Am","F","G"],"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]},"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]}}}