Waylon Jennings - The Boxer guitar chord

The Boxer

P. Simon

Right for the Time

INTRO: C

C C/B Am

I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told

G C

I have squandered my resistence for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises

C/B Am G F C G C

All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest

C C/B Am

When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy

G C

In the company of strangers in the quiet of a railway station' runnin' scared

C/B Am G F C

Layin' low, seeking out the poorer quarters were the ragged people go

G F C

Looking for the places only they would know

SOLO

Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job

But I get no offers, just a come on from the whores on 7th Avenue

I do declare, there were some times I was so lonesome I took some comfort there

SOLO 2

C C/B Am

In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade

G

And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down

C C/B Am

And cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame

G F C

I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains

OUTRO