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From: macon@gallifry.Berkeley.EDU (Glen Macon)
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Title: THE BOXER (Simon)
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) I am just apoor (x02210@1)boy though my story's seldom told
G (320003@1) I have squandered my resistance
G7 (320001@1) G6 (320000@1) C (x32010@1) For apocket (x02210@1)full of mumbles, such are promises
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) All lies and jest, still aman (x02210@1)hears what he wants to hear
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)G6 (320000@1)C (x32010@1) And disregards the rest
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) When I left my home and my family, I was no more than aboy (x02210@1) G (320003@1) In the company of strangers
G7 (320001@1) G6 (320000@1) C (x32010@1) In the quiet of arailway (x02210@1)station, running scared
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
C (x32010@1) Where the ragged people go
G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) G6 (320000@1) C (x32010@1) Looking for the places only they would know
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) Asking only workman's wages I come looking for ajob (x02210@1) G (320003@1) But I get no offers
G7 (320001@1) G6 (320000@1) C (x32010@1) Just acome-on (x02210@1)from the whores on Seventh Avenue
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
C (x32010@1) I took some comfort there
G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)G6 (320000@1)C (x32010@1) Lie lie lie lie la
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 aboxer (x02210@1)and afighter (x02210@1)by his trade
And he carries areminder (x02210@1)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.
From: RJBRANCH@argo.acs.oakland.edu
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 04:03 EST
Subject: BOXER.CRD
The Boxer
by Paul Simon from the Album "Bridge Over Troubled Waters"
C (x32010@1) AmI (x02210@1)am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
GI (320003@1)have squandered my resistance
CFor (x32010@1)a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) FAll (133211@1)lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)disregards the rest
AmWhen (x02210@1)I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
GIn (320003@1)the company of strangers
Dm7 CIn (x32010@1)the quiet of a railway station running scared
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) FLaying (133211@1)low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
G (320003@1) F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CLooking (x32010@1)for the places only they would know
AmLie-la-lie (x02210@1) GLie-la-lie (320003@1)la lie-la-lie
AmLie (x02210@1)la lie
G (320003@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CLie-la-lie (x32010@1)la la la la lie la la la la lie
AmAsking (x02210@1)only workmans wages I come looking for a job
GBut (320003@1)I get no offers
Dm7 CJust (x32010@1)a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue
Am (x02210@1) Dm7 G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CI (x32010@1)do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there
G (320003@1) COoo-la-la (x32010@1)la la la la
AmLie-la-lie (x02210@1) GLie-la-lie (320003@1)la lie-la-lie
AmLie (x02210@1)la lie
G (320003@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CLie-la-lie (x32010@1)la la la la lie la la la la lie
CThen (x32010@1)I'm laying out my winter clothes
G7 (320001@1)C (x32010@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)wishing I was gone
G (320003@1) Dm7 G7 (320001@1) G (320003@1)CGoing (x32010@1)home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
AmLeading (x02210@1)me
GGoing (320003@1)Home
C (x32010@1) AmIn (x02210@1)the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
GAnd (320003@1)he carries the reminders
G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) Dm7 G7 (320001@1) COf (x32010@1)ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out
AmIn (x02210@1)his anger and his shame
G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C"I (x32010@1)am Leaving, I am Leaving." But the Fighter still remains
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) AmLie-la-lie (x02210@1) GLie-la-lie (320003@1)la lie-la-lie
AmLie (x02210@1)la lie
G (320003@1) F (133211@1) AmLie-la-lie (x02210@1)la la la la lie la la la la lie
Repeat & Fade
