Carbon Leaf – The Boxer (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

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