The Boxer Chords

"The Boxer" (Carbon Leaf/Barry Privett)
Acoustic version on Seattle radio (KMTT,2006-ish)
Song first appeared on "Echo Echo" (2001)
 
intro riff is played on b-string with low D as drone:
 
|b-3-7h3-3-8h0-7h0h-10h0-8h0-7h0-3-|
 
[Intro]
 
D Dsus4 D5 Dsus4 D x2
 
[Verse]
 
      D                               G      D
mmm, Couldn't ask for a better night,two by two,
                          G        D
to the ring to the right point of view.
    D                                  G        D
we each return to the corner that's defined by you,
        D
to the ring to the right, point of -
 
D A G A
 
[Chorus]
 
 D   A  G  A   D   A      G A
Lonely Reign, she is the boxer, she knows
 D         A         G *      D  A       G A
when and where to strike, and he is the boxer,
         D    A       G     A   D
he knows no peaceful sleep tonight. 
 
repeat intro
 
[Verse]
 
 D                                     G    D
caught the downfall of Jack and Jill, Ryan too,
D                      G         D
he did not approve of Ceilidh's moves.
D                                    G         D
Doctor Mike was flight or flight at Dundrum School,
D
to the ring to the right, point of - 
 
[Bridge]
 
Bm A...
 
G     A          Bm      A       G  A
No return,...no passion left to burn,
     Bm A   G   Bm A
the boxers grow weary, their eyesight,
   G               D  A G A
 blurry, blurry, view...
 
[Chorus]
 
D    A G  A  D    A      G  A
Lonely Reign, she is the boxer, she knows
D         A          G *      D  A       G  A
when and where to strike, and he is the boxer,
         D    A       G     A   D
he knows no peaceful sleep tonight. 
 
repeat intro
 
[Verse]
 
 D                          G     D
All's quiet on the front, smokey room,
 D                    G        D
boxer standing tall,peering through.
 D                             G      D
Finding no one left to fight,what to do?
D                                  D  A G A
to the ring to the right point of view...
 
[Chorus]
 
 D   A  G A    D  A       G A
Lonely Reign, she is the boxer, she knows
  D        A         G *      D  A       G A
when and where to strike, and he is the boxer,
         D    A        G    A D
he knows no peaceful sleep tonight. 
D   A       G A            D    A        G    A D
We are the boxers, we know no peaceful sleep tonight.
 D   A  G A    D   A  G A    D   A  G A
lonely reign, lonely reign, lonely reign...
 
intro riff and end on D
 
*the recurring descending riff is:
 
D-5-4-2-0
A-x-x-x-x
D-5-4-2-0
X