THE BOXER - Simon and Garfunkel


C   - x32010
C/B - x22010
Am  - x02210
G   - 320033
F   - 133211
Em  - 022000


C (x32010@1)         C (x32010@1)                 C (x32010@1)     C/B (x2555x@1)  AmI (x02210@1)am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
       G (320003@1)                G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)          F (133211@1)               CI (x32010@1)have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)               F (133211@1)               F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1) All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards rest.


C (x32010@1)                     C (x32010@1)              C (x32010@1)     C/B (x2555x@1)  AmWhen (x02210@1)I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
       G (320003@1)        G (320003@1)               F (133211@1)                F (133211@1)              CIn (x32010@1)the company of strangers, in the quiet of a railway station, running scared
C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)                   G (320003@1)                
  Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
F (133211@1)                    F (133211@1)             CLooking (x32010@1)for the places only they would know.


C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)             G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1) Lie la lie,   lie la   la lie la lie,  lie la lie
Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1) Lie la la,  la la la lie,  la la la la lie.


C (x32010@1)                   C (x32010@1)           C (x32010@1)     C/B (x2555x@1) AmAsking (x02210@1)only workman's wages, I come looking for a job
    G (320003@1)      G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)              F (133211@1)          CBut (x32010@1)I get no offers, just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue
C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)                  G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)            F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1) I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome, I took comfort there

Ooh la la, la la la la.


C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)             G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1) Lie la lie,   lie la   la lie la lie,  lie la lie
Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1) Lie la la,  la la la lie,  la la la la lie.


C (x32010@1)             C (x32010@1)                       C (x32010@1)     C/B (x2555x@1) AmThen (x02210@1)I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
      G (320003@1)         G (320003@1)               F (133211@1)     FGoing (133211@1)home, where the New York City winters aren't
EmBleeding (022000@1)me,
Am (x02210@1)              G (320003@1)Leading me, going home.


C (x32010@1)                      C (x32010@1)         C (x32010@1)     C/B (x2555x@1)  AmIn (x02210@1)the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
       G (320003@1)         G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)         F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)   
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
C (x32010@1)                  Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)
  Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
F (133211@1)            F (133211@1)                                 C"I (x32010@1)am leaving, I am leaving" but the fighter still remains.


C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)             G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1) Lie la lie,   lie la   la lie la lie,  lie la lie
Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1) Lie la la,  la la la lie,  la la la la lie.