The Boxer Simon & Garfunkel
apo IV
[G]
[Verse 1]
[G]I am just a poor boy, though my story is seldom [Em]told.
I have [D]squandered my resistance,
For a [D7]pocketful of [D]mumbles, such are [G]promises.
All lies and j[Em]est;
Still, a [D]man hears what he [C]wants to hear and disregards the [G]rest[D].[D7] [D] [G]
[Verse 2]
When I [G]left my home and my family I was no more than a b[Em]oy,
In the [D]company of strangers,
In the [D7]quiet of the [D]railway station, [G]runnin' scared.
Laying l[Em]ow, seeking [D]out the poorer [C]quarters,
Whe[C]re the ragged people [G]go.
Lookin' [D]for the places, [C]only [D]they [D7]would [G]know.
[Cborus]
Lie-la-l[Em]ie
Lie-la-l[Bm]ie la lie-la-lie
Lie la l[Em]ie
Lie-la-[D]lie la la la la lie la la la la [G]lie
[Verse 3]
Asking [G]only workman's wages I come lookin' for a j[Em]ob,
But I get no [D]offers,
Just a [D7]come-on from the [D]whores on Seventh [G]Avenue.
I do dec[Em]lare there were [D]times when I was so [C]lonesome,
I t[C]ook some comfort [G]there.[D] [D7] [D] [G]
[G] [Em] [D] [G] [Em] [D] [C] [G]
[Cborus]
Lie-la-l[Em]ie
Lie-la-l[Bm]ie la lie-la-lie
Lie la l[Em]ie
Lie-la-[D]lie la la la la lie la la la la [G]lie
[Bridge]
And I'm [G]laying out my winter clothes, and wishing I was [Em]gone, goin[D] home
Where the [D7]New York City [D]winters aren't [G]bleedin me, [Bm]leadin me [Em] goin [D]home.[D] [D7] [D] [G]
[Verse 4]
In the [G]clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his t[Em]rade,
And he [D]carries the reminders, of [D7]every glove that [D]laid him down,
Or [G]cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his s[Em]hame,
"I am [D]leaving, I am [C]leaving."
But th[C]e fighter still re[G]mains[D] [D7] [D] [G]
[Cborus]
Lie-la-l[Em]ie
Lie-la-l[Bm]ie la lie-la-lie
Lie la l[Em]ie
Lie-la-[D]lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 10x
[D]Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la [G]lie
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