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THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel
[C]I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom [Am]told
I have [G]squandered my resistance
For a [G7]pocket full of [G6]mumbles, such are [C]promises
All lies and [Am]jest, still a [G]man hears what he [F]wants to hear
And disregards the [C]rest[G] [G7] [G6] [C]
[C]When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a [Am]boy
In the [G]company of strangers
In the [G7]quiet of a [G6]railway station, [C]running scared
Laying [Am]low, seeking [G]out the poorer [F]quarters
Where the ragged people [C]go
Looking [G]for the places [G7]only [G6]they would [C]know
[Am]Lie[G] l[Am]a l[G]ie[F] L[C]ie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie
[C]Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a [Am]job
But I get no [G]offers
Just a [G7]come-on from the [G6]whores on Seventh [C]Avenue
I do de[Am]clare, there were [G]times when I was [F]so lonesome
I took some comfort [C]there
[G]Lie lie lie lie la[G7] [G6] [C]
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Leading me, going home.
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries a reminder ov ev'ry 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 ... etc.
The Boxer
by Paul Simon from the Album "Bridge Over Troubled Waters"
[C]I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom to[Am]ld
I have squa[G]ndered my resistance
For a pocketful of mum[C]bles such are promises
All lies and [Am]jest still a m[G]an hears what he wa[F]nts to hear
And disregards the r[C]est[G] [C]
When I left my home and family I was no more than a b[Am]oy
In the co[G]mpany of strangers
In the q[Dm7]uiet of a r[C]ailway station running scared
Laying [Am]low seeking o[G]ut the poorer qua[F]rters where the ragged people go
Looking f[G]or the places o[F]nly t[Em]hey w[Dm]ould k[C]now
Lie-la-l[Am]ie
Lie-la-l[G]ie la lie-la-lie
Lie la l[Am]ie
[G]Lie-la-lie la la la la l[F]ie la la la [G]la l[C]ie
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a j[Am]ob
But I get no off[G]ers
Just a co[Dm7]me-on from the wh[C]ores on seventh avenue
I do dec[Am]lare there were tim[Dm7]es when [G]I was [F]so lonesome I took some comfort th[C]ere
Ooo-la-l[G]a la la la la[C]
Lie-la-l[Am]ie
Lie-la-l[G]ie la lie-la-lie
Lie la l[Am]ie
[G]Lie-la-lie la la la la l[F]ie la la la [G]la l[C]ie
[C]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
[G7]And [C]wishing I was g[Am]one
Going h[G]ome where the [Dm7]New York [G7]City winters aren[G]'t [C]bleeding me
Leading me[Am]
Going Ho[G]me
In the [C]clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his [Am]trade
And he car[G]ries the reminders
Of e[G7]v'ry glove that l[C]aid him down or cut him '[Dm7]till he [G7]cried out[C]
In his anger and his sha[Am]me
"I am Le[G]aving, I am Lea[F]ving." But the Fighter still r[C]emains
[G] [C] [G] [F] [C] Lie-la-l[Am]ie
Lie-la-l[G]ie la lie-la-lie
Lie la l[Am]ie
L[G]ie-la-lie la la la la lie[F] la la la la l[Am]ie
Repeat & Fade
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