The Boxer

BPM≒188　　4/4拍子　-：8分音符

Key: B

[Intro]

(A.G.Only)

|B9---- ----|　---- ----|B---- /F#----|B---- /F#----|

[Verse 1]

| BI am just a | Bpoor boy

Though my | Bstory's B/A#seldom | G#mtold

I have | F#squandered my re-| F#sistance

For a | F#7pocketful of | F#6mumbles

Such are | Bpromi-/F#ses| B---- /F#----

| BAll F#/A#lies and | G#mjest

Still, a | F#man hears what he | Ewants to hear

And | Edisregards the | Brest Hm..

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Drums In

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[Verse 2]

When I | Bleft my home and my | Bfamily

I was | Bno more B/A#than a | G#mboy

In the | F#company of | F#strangers

In the | F#7quiet of the | F#6railway station

| BRunning /F#scared| B---- /F#----

| B---- /A#Laying| G#mlow, seeking | F#out the poorer | Equarters

Where the | Eragged people | Bgo

Looking | F#for the places | Eonly they would | Bknow| B---- (↓)----

Lie-la-lie| G#m---- --| G#mLie-la-lie| D#m7-la-lie-la-lie-- | D#m7---- (↓)----

Lie-la-lie| G#m---- --| G#mLie-la-lie| F#-la-la-la-lie | F#7la-la-la-la

| Blie /F# | B---- /F#----| B---- /F#----| B---- /F#----

Asking | Bonly workman's | Bwages

I come | Blooking B/A#for a | G#mjob

But I get no | F#offers| F#---- (↓)----

Just a | F#7come-on from the | F#6whores on Seventh Aー| Bvenue /F#----| B--- /F#----

| B-- I/A# do dec-| G#mlare there were | F#times when I was | Eso lonesome

I | Etook some comfort | Bthere, Oo-la-la | F#7la-la-la-la-la

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|B---- /F#----|B---- /F#----|

[Interlude]

|B---- /F#----|B---- /F#----|B---- /A#----|G#m---- ----|

|F#---- ----|F#---- ----|F#---- ----|F#---- --F#7--|

|B---- /F#----|B---- /F#----|B---- F#/A#----|G#m---- ----|

|F#---- ----|E---- ----|E---- ----|B---- /A#--/G#--|F#---- ----

|E/B---- ----|B---- ----|B---- (↓)--F#/A#--|

Lie-la-lie| G#m---- --| G#mLie-la-lie| D#m7-la-lie-la-lie-- | D#m7---- (↓)----

Lie-la-lie| G#m---- --| G#mLie-la-lie| F#-la-la-la-lie | F#la-la-la-la

| Blie /F# | B---- /F#----| B---- /F#----| B---- /F#----

Then I'm | Blaying out my | Bwinter clothes

And | Bwishing /A#I was | G#mgone

Going | F#home| F#---- ----

Where the | F#7New York City | F#6winters aren't | Bbleeding /F#me| B---- /F#----

| D#m7--Leading | D#m7me---| G#m---- | G#m--Going (↓)home

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| B---- /F#----| B---- /F#----| B---- /F#----| B---- /F# (↓)----

In the | Bclearing stands a | Bboxer

And a | Bfighter /A#by his | G#mtrade

And he | F#carries the re-| F#mainders

Of | F#7every glove that | F#6laid him down

And | B >cut >him /F#till he >cried | B >out /F#

In his | Banger /A#and his | G#mshame

"I am | F#leaving, I am| Eleaving"

But the| Efighter still re-| Bmains /A#Hm..G#m--

| F#---- ----| E/B---- ----| B---- ----| B---- (↓)----

Lie-la-lie| G#m---- >---| G#mLie-la-lie| D#m7-la->lie-la-lie-- | D#m7---- (↓)----

Lie-la-lie| G#m---- >---| G#mLie-la-lie| F#-la->lie-la-lie | F#la-la-la-la

| G#mLie-- >---| G#mLie-la-lie| D#m7-la->lie-la-lie-- | D#m7lie-la-lie

| G#m---- >---| G#mLie-la-lie-la| F#lie-la->la-la-lie | F#la-la-la-la

||: G#mLie-- >---| G#mLie-la-lie| D#m7-la->lie-la-lie-- | D#m7lie-la-lie

| G#m---- >---| G#mLie-la-lie-la| F#lie-la->la-la-lie | F#la-la-la-la

| G#mLie-- >---| G#mLie-la-lie| D#m7-la->lie-la-lie-- | D#m7lie-la-lie

| G#m---- >---| G#mLie-la-lie-la| F#lie-la->la-la-lie | F#la-la-la-la:|| (Repeat 3 times)

| BLie--- ----| B---- ----| B---- /A#----| G#m---- ----|

| F#---- ----| F#---- ----| F#---- ----| F#---- ----|

| BLie--- /F#----| B---- /F#----| B---- /A#----| G#m---- ----|

| F#---- ----| E/B---- ----| E/B---- ----| B---- /A#--G#m--

| F#---- ----| E/B---- ---- | B---- /F#----| B>- >- ◇～ ||