The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel G6: 320030; Em/B: X22000 C Em/B Am I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told GI (320003@1)have squandered my resistance G7 G C For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises Am G F All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear C G F Em C And disregards the rest hmhmhmhmhm C Em/B Am When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy GIn (320003@1)the company of strangers G7 G C In the quiet of a railway station, running scared Am G F Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters CWhere (x32010@1)the ragged people go G F G C Looking for the places only they would know Am G Am Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie, lie la lie F G C Lie la lie la la la la, lie la la la la lie. C Em/B Am Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job GBut (320003@1)I get no offers G7 G C Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh' Avenue Am G F I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome CI (x32010@1)took some comfort there G F Em C G7 G6 C La la la la la Interlude Am G Am Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie, lie la lie F G C Lie la lie la la la la, lie la la la la lie. C Em/B Am Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone G G7 Going home .. where the New York City winters aren't C Am bleeding me Em Am G Leading me, going home C Em/B Am In the clearing stands the boxer and a fighter by his trade G G7 And he carries a reminder of ev'ry glove that laid him down C Am Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame GF I am leaving, I am leaving CBut (x32010@1)the fighter still remains AmLie (x02210@1)la lie lie la and so on ..again if you want