The Boxer by Emmylou Harris G Em I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told D I have squandered my resistance G For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises Em D C All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear G D G And disregards the rest Em When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy D In the company of strangers Am7 G In the quiet of a railway station running scared Em D C G Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go D C Bm Am G Looking for the places only they would know [Interlude] Em Lie-la-lie D Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Em Lie la lie D C D G Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie [Verse] Em Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job D But I get no offers Am7 G Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue Em Am7 D C G I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there [Interlude] D G Ooo-la-la la la la la Em Lie-la-lie D Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Em Lie la lie D C D G Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie [Verse] G Then I'm laying out my winter clothes D7 G Em And wishing I was gone D Am7 D7 D G Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me Em Leading me D Going Home G Em In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade D And he carries the reminders D7 G Am7 D7 G Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out Em In his anger and his shame D C G D G D C G "I am Leaving, I am Leaving." But the Fighter still remains [Interlude] Em Lie-la-lie D Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Em Lie la lie D C Em Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie (repeat & fade)