The Boxer
Simon And GarfunkelVersions2
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
: 320030; : X22000
I am just a poor boy though my storys seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest hmhmhmhmhm
When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of a railway station, running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie, lie la lie
Lie la lie la la la la, lie la la la la lie.
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
La la la la la Interlude
Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie, lie la lie
Lie la lie la la la la, lie la la la la lie.
Then Im laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
Going home
.. where the New York City winters arent
bleeding me
Leading me, going home
In the clearing stands the boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries a reminder of evry glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving
But the fighter still remains
Lie la lie lie la and so on
..again if you want
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Readable chord sheet for The Boxer by Simon And Garfunkel
[G6]: 320030; [Em/B]: X22000 [C]I [Em/B]am ju[Am]st a poor boy though my storys 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 workmans 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 Seventh 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 I[Am]m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone [G]Go[G7]ing home .. where the New York City winters arent [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 evry 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