Mumford & Sons - The Boxer: chords

C
I am just a poor boy
                   C/B   Am
Though my story's seldom told
         G
I have squandered my resistance
       F                                C
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
     C/B      Am
All lies and jests
         G                F
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
                    C
And disregards the rest

When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway stations running scared

Laying low seeking out the poor quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places
Only they would know

Chorus:
        Am
Lie-la-lie
       G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
        F                   G          C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come on
From the whores on seventh avenue
I do declare there were times
When I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

Then I'm laying down my winter clothes
And wishing I was home going home
Where the New York City winters
Are bleeding me, bleeding me going home

In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminder of every glove that laid him down
And cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving I am leaving but the fighter still remains