• Song:

    Boxer Acoustic

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

Tuning: Full Step Down

Intro: C5 A5 F5 G5


C5                                                                 
I know you got your pride and your prose tucked just like a tommy gun
A5
Somewhere in the smoke just in case you needed some
F5
I heard it's been a ride, rougher than the last one
G5
Once you used to say, oh, the harder they come
C5
But he, he swears he's praying for a good time
A5
And he, he said he just doesn't miss her
F5                                           G5
And I have heard you never really lose it, do ya? do ya?

C5
You took it all gracefully on the chin
A5
Knowing that the beatings had to some day end
F5                                               G5
You found the bandages inside the pen and the stitches on the radio
C5
But there was something heavy holding you down
A5
And there were whispers that were driving you crazy
F5
And now you haunt the heart of this town
G5
Remember when I knew a boxer, baby

C5
And your tattooed knuckles, oh how they grind down
A5
Try to be a man, tough just like your father
F5
Try to settle down, more like calm down
G5
Remember them songs and the reasons we were singing for
C5
But he said, he just doesn't miss her
A5
And he, he says it's somewhere in his framework
F5                                            G5
And I have heard you never really lose it, do ya? do ya?

C5
You took it all gracefully on the chin
A5
Knowing that the beatings had to some day end
F5                                                G5
You found the bandages inside the pen and the stitches on the radio
C5
But there was something heavy holding you down
A5
And there were reasons that were driving you crazy
F5
Until you haunt the heart of this town
G5
Remember when I knew a boxer




         A5                              C5
And you can wait all night long, until it all goes wrong
           G5
And you waste away your soul
            F5              G5
And you can wait wait wait

                        C5
You took it all gracefully on the chin
A5
Knowing that the beatings had to some day end
F5                                              G5
You found the bandages inside the pen and the stitches on the radio
C5
But there was something heavy holding you down
A5
And there were whispers that were driving you crazy
F5
Until you haunt the heart of this town
G5
Remember when I knew a boxer, baby
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