The Boxer by Simon And Garfunkel THE BOXER - Simon and Garfunkel C - x32010 C/B - x22010 Am - x02210 G - 320033 F - 133211 Em - 022000 C C C C/B Am I am just a poor boy, though my story’s seldom told G G F F C I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises C Am G F F C All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards rest. C C C C/B Am When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy G G F F C In the company of strangers, in the quiet of a railway station, running scared C Am G Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go F F C Looking for the places only they would know. C Am G G Am Lie la lie, lie la la lie la lie, lie la lie Am F G C Lie la la, la la la lie, la la la la lie. C C C C/B Am Asking only workman’s wages, I come looking for a job G G F F C But I get no offers, just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue C Am G F F C I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome, I took comfort there Ooh la la, la la la la. C Am G G Am Lie la lie, lie la la lie la lie, lie la lie Am F G C Lie la la, la la la lie, la la la la lie. C C C C/B Am Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone G G F F Going home, where the New York City winters aren’t Em Bleeding me, Am G Leading me, going home. C C C C/B Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade G G F F C And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down C Am G Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame F F C “I am leaving, I am leaving” but the fighter still remains. C Am G G Am Lie la lie, lie la la lie la lie, lie la lie Am F G C Lie la la, la la la lie, la la la la lie. www.TAB6.com