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.