Mumford And Sons - The Boxer

although this can be played with a capo on 5 , this version is played with no capo

C
i Am just a poor boy
Am
though my story’s seldom told
G
i have squandered my resistance
G7 G6 C
for a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
Am
all lies and jests
G F
still a man hears what he wants to hear
C C
and disregards the rest

C
when i left my home and my family
C G Am
i was no more than a boy
G
in the company of strangers
G7 G6 C
in the quiet of the railway station running scared
Am G F
laying low , seeking out the poorer quarters
C
where the ragged people go
G F C
looking for the places only they would know

Am
lie – la – lie
G
lie – la – lie la lie – la – lie
Am
lie la lie
F C
lie – la – lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

C
asking only workman’s wages
C G Am
i come looking for a job
G
but i get no offers ,
G7 G6 C
just a come – on from the whores on seventh avenue
Am G F
i do declare , there were times when i was so lonesome
C
i took some comfort there

C
then i’m laying out my winter clothes
C G Am
and wishing i was gone
G
going home
G7 G6 C
where the new york city winters aren’t bleeding me
Am G
bleeding me , going home

repeat chorus

during solo play the verse chord progression

C
in the clearing stands a boxer
C G Am
and a fighter by his trade
G
and he carries the reminders
G7 G6
of ev’ry glove that layed him down
C
or cut him till he cried out
Am F
in his anger and his shame
G F
“i Am leaving , i Am leaving”
C
but the fighter still remains

Am
lie – la – lie
G
lie – la – lie la lie – la – lie
Am
lie la lie
F Am
lie – la – lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

G
lie – la – lie la lie – la – lie
Am
lie la lie
F C
lie – la – lie la la la la lie la la la la lie