The Boxer Simon & Garfunkel
Capo fret. 2
Intro : NC
[A]I am just a poor boy
[A]Though my story's [A/G#]seldom [F#m]told
I have [E]squandered my resistance
For a [E7]pocket full of mumbles such are [A]promises
...
All [A/G#]lies and [F#m]jests
Still a [E]man hears what he [D]wants to hear
And disregards the [A]rest [E]hmm [E7]hmm hmm [A]hmm
[A]When I left my home and my family
I was no [A/G#]more than a [F#m]boy
In the [E]company of strangers
[E]In the [E7]quiet of the railway station [A]running scared
[A/G#]Laying [F#m]low, seeking [E]out the poorer [D]quarters
Where the ragged people [A]go
Looking [E]for the places [E7]only they would [A]know
... F#m E F#m E..... A
Lie la lie ...
[A]Asking only workman's wages
I come [A/G#]looking [F#m]for a job
But I get no [E]offers,
Just a [E7]come-on from the whores on Seventh[A] Avenue
I [A/G#]do decl[F#m]are, there were [E]times when I was [D]so lonesome
I took some comfort [A]there la la [E]la la...[E7]..[A]
A....A/G#..F#m..E....E7....A....A/G#..F#m..E..D....A..E...A
Lie la [F#m]lie ..[E].[F#m] [E]
[A]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
[A]And wishing I[A/G#] was g[F#m]one
Going [E]home
Where the [E7]New York City winters aren't [A]bleeding me
Bleeding [E]me, [F#m] going [E]home[E7] [A]
[A]In the clearing stands a boxer
[A]And a fighter [F/G#]by his [F#m]trade
And he [E]carries the reminders
Of [E7]ev'ry glove that layed him down
Or [A]cut him till he cried out
[A]In his anger [A/G#]and his [F#m]shame
"I am [E]leaving, I am [D]leaving"
[D]But the fighter still rem[A]ains[E] [E7] [A]
A F#m E F#m E (ad lib)
Lie la lie ...
Outro : A....A/G#..F#m..E....E7....A....A/G#..F#m..E..D....A..E..E7...A
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