The Boxer Simon & Garfunkel
The Boxer â?? Simon & Garfunkel
G6: 320030; Em/B: X22000
[C]I [Em/B]am ju[Am]st a poor boy though my storyâ??s seldom told
[G]I have squandered my resistance
[G7]For[G] a[C] pocket full of mumbles, such are promises
[Am]All[G] l[F]ies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear
[C]An[G]d [F]di[Em]sre[C]gards the rest hmhmhmhmhm
[C]Wh[Em/B]en I [Am]left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
[G]In the company of strangers
[G7]In [G]th[C]e quiet of a railway station, running scared
[Am]Lay[G]in[F]g low, seeking out the poorer quarters
[C]Where the ragged people go
[G]Lo[F]ok[G]in[C]g for the places only they would know
[Am]Lie[G] l[Am]a lie, lie la la la la la lie, lie la lie
[F]Li[G]e [C]la lie la la la la, lie la la la la lie.
[C]As[Em/B]king [Am]only workmanâ??s wages I come looking for a job
[G]But I get no offers
[G7]Jus[G]t [C]a come-on from the whores on Seventhâ?? Avenue
[Am]I d[G]o [F]declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
[C]I took some comfort there
[G]La[F] l[Em]a l[C]a [G7]la [G6]la [C]Interlude
[Am]Lie[G] l[Am]a lie, lie la la la la la lie, lie la lie
[F]Li[G]e [C]la lie la la la la, lie la la la la lie.
[C]Th[Em/B]en Iâ[Am]??m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
[G]Go[G7]ing homeâ?¦.. where the New York City winters arenâ??t
[C]bl[Am]eeding me
[Em]Lea[Am]din[G]g me, going home
[C]In[Em/B] the [Am]clearing stands the boxer and a fighter by his trade
[G]An[G7]d he carries a reminder of evâ??ry glove that laid him down
[C]Or[Am] cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
[G]I [F]am leaving, I am leaving
[C]But the fighter still remains
[Am]Lie la lie lie la and so on ��..again if you want
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