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Boxer (Acoustic)
As played live by Brian Fallon on KEXP
Chord placement is approximate...play through it a couple times and you'll get it.
Tuning: Full Step Down
Intro: 
C Am F G
[Verse]
CI know you got your pride and your prose tucked just like a tommy gun
AmSomewhere in the smoke just in case you needed some
FI heard it's been a ride, rougher than the last one
GOnce you used to say, oh, the harder they come
CBut he, he swears he's praying for a good time
AmAnd he, he said he just doesn't miss her
FAnd I have heard you never really lose it, dGo ya? do ya?
[Chorus]
CYou took it all gracefully on the chin
AmKnowing that the beatings had to some day end
FYou found the bandages inside the pen and the stGitches on the radio
CBut there was something heavy holding you down
AmAnd there were whispers that were driving you crazy
FAnd now you haunt the heart of this town
GRemember when I knew a boxer, baby
[Verse]
CAnd your tattooed knuckles, oh how they grind down
AmTry to be a man, tough just like your father
FTry to settle down, more like calm down
GRemember them songs and the reasons we were singing for
CBut he said, he just doesn't miss her
AmAnd he, he says it's somewhere in his framework
FAnd I have heard you never really lose it, do Gya? do ya?
[Chorus]
CYou took it all gracefully on the chin
AmKnowing that the beatings had to some day end
FYou found the bandages inside the pen and the stiGtches on the radio
CBut there was something heavy holding you down
AmAnd there were reasons that were driving you crazy
FUntil you haunt the heart of this town
GRemember when I knew a boxer
[Bridge]
And you cAman wait all night long, until it Call goes wrong
And you wasGte away your soul
And you can Fwait wait waitG  
[Chorus]
You took it all gracefulCly on the chin
AmKnowing that the beatings had to some day end
FYou found the bandages inside the pen and the sGtitches on the radio
CBut there was something heavy holding you down
AmAnd there were whispers that were driving you crazy
FUntil you haunt the heart of this town
GRemember when I knew a boxer, baby

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Boxer

by The Gaslight Anthem

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Chords in this song · guitar

Boxer (Acoustic)

As played live by Brian Fallon on KEXP

Chord placement is approximate...play through it a couple times and you'll get it.

Tuning: Full Step Down

Intro:

C Am F G

[Verse]

I know you got your pride and your prose tucked just like a tommy gun

Somewhere in the smoke just in case you needed some

I heard it's been a ride, rougher than the last one

Once you used to say, oh, the harder they come

But he, he swears he's praying for a good time

And he, he said he just doesn't miss her

F G

And I have heard you never really lose it, do ya? do ya?

[Chorus]

You took it all gracefully on the chin

Knowing that the beatings had to some day end

F G

You found the bandages inside the pen and the stitches on the radio

But there was something heavy holding you down

And there were whispers that were driving you crazy

And now you haunt the heart of this town

Remember when I knew a boxer, baby

[Verse]

And your tattooed knuckles, oh how they grind down

Try to be a man, tough just like your father

Try to settle down, more like calm down

Remember them songs and the reasons we were singing for

But he said, he just doesn't miss her

And he, he says it's somewhere in his framework

F G

And I have heard you never really lose it, do ya? do ya?

[Chorus]

You took it all gracefully on the chin

Knowing that the beatings had to some day end

F G

You found the bandages inside the pen and the stitches on the radio

But there was something heavy holding you down

And there were reasons that were driving you crazy

Until you haunt the heart of this town

Remember when I knew a boxer

[Bridge]

Am C

And you can wait all night long, until it all goes wrong

And you waste away your soul

F G

And you can wait wait wait

[Chorus]

You took it all gracefully on the chin

Knowing that the beatings had to some day end

F G

You found the bandages inside the pen and the stitches on the radio

But there was something heavy holding you down

And there were whispers that were driving you crazy

Until you haunt the heart of this town

Remember when I knew a boxer, baby

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