Boxer Paul Simon
Verse:
I[C] am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom [Am]told
I have sq[G]uandered my resistance, for a [F]pocketful of mumbles, such are
[C]promises.
All lies are je[Am]st, still a m[G]an hears what he w[F]ants to hear and disregards the
r[C]est, hmm[G] hmm hmm e[F]tc... [G] [C]
Chorus:
[C] Lie la [Am]lie, lie la l[G]ie la lie la lie,
lie la l[Am]ie, lie la [F]lie la la l[G]ie la la la [C]lie.
W[C]hen I left my home and my family
I was no more than a[Am] boy
In the [G]company of strangers
In the q[F]uiet of the railway station r[C]unning scared
Laying l[Am]ow, seeking o[G]ut the poorer [F]quarters
Where the ragged people [C]go
Looking for the[G]places[F] only t[G]hey would k[C]now
Chorus:
[C] Lie la [Am]lie, lie la l[G]ie la lie la lie,
lie la l[Am]ie, lie la [F]lie la la l[G]ie la la la [C]lie.
A[C]sking only workman's wages
I come looking for a j[Am]ob
But I get no of[G]fers,
Just a com[F]e-on from the whores on Seventh A[C]venue
I do de[Am]clare, there were t[G]imes when I was so[F] lonesome
I took some comfort th[C]ere..........h[G]mm....h[F]mm.....h[G]mm....[C]
Chorus:
[C] Lie la [Am]lie, lie la l[G]ie la lie la lie,
lie la l[Am]ie, lie la [F]lie la la l[G]ie la la la [C]lie.
T[C]hen I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was g[Am]one
Going ho[G]me,
Where the [F]New York City winters aren't ble[C]eding me
[C] leading [Em]me, going [G]home [G7] [C]
I[C]n the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his t[Am]rade
And he [G]carries the reminders
Of ev'ry [F]glove that layed him down
Or c[C]ut him till he [Am]cried out
In his [G]anger and his s[F]hame
"I am leav[C]ing, I am leavin[G]g"
But the [F]fighter st[G]ill rem[C]ains
Chorus: x2
[C] Lie la [Am]lie, lie la l[G]ie la lie la lie,
lie la l[Am]ie, lie la [F]lie la la l[G]ie la la la [C]lie.
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