Waylon Jennings - 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 w***es 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