Simon & Garfunkel - The boxer
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Produced by Roy Halee, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel]
[Verse 1]
CI am just a poor boy
Though my story's Em7seldom tAmold
I have Gsquandered my resistance
For a Gpocketful of mumbles, such are Cpromises
All Em7lies and jAmest,
Still a Gman hears what he Fwants to hear
And disregards the Crest, hmmmm..G. G C
[Verse 2]
CWhen I left my home and my family,
I was no more Em7than a bAmoy
In the Gcompany of strangers
In the Gquiet of the railway station,
CRunnin' scared,
Em7Laying lAmow
Seeking Gout the poorer Fquarters,
Where the ragged people Cgo
Looking Gfor the places
GOnly they would Cknow
[Hook]
Lie Em7la lAmie, lie la lie lEma lie la lie
Lie la Amlie, lie la Flie la lie la Glie, la la lie la Clie
[Verse 3]
Asking Conly workman's wages,
I come lookin' Em7for a Amjob
But I get no Goffers
Just a come-on from the whores on 7tCh Avenue
I Em7do dAmeclare,
There were Gtimes when I was Fso lonesome
I took some comfortC there, la la Gla la la la lGa C
[Verse 4]
Now the Cyears are rolling by me
They are Em7rockin' eAmvenly
I am Golder than I once was
And younger than I'll be; that's not Cunusual
No it Em7isn't Amstrange
After Gchanges upon Fchanges
We are more or less the Csame
After Gchanges we are Fmore or less the Csame
[Hook]
Lie Em7la lAmie, lie la lie Emla lie la lie
Lie la Amlie, lie la Flie la lie la Glie, la la lie la Amlie
La la lEmie la lie la lie, Lie la Amlie,
La la Flie la la la lie la la la la Clie
[Verse 5]
And I'm Claying out my winter clothes
Wishing I Em7was gAmone
Goin' Ghome
Where the New York City winters aren't Cbleedin' me,
Em7Leadin' me Am
Goin' Ghome G G C
[Verse 6]
In the clearing stands a boxer,
And a fighter by Em7his tAmrade
And he Gcarries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
Or Ccut Chim
'Til he cried out in his anger and Em7his Amshame
I am Gleaving, I am Fleaving, but the fighter still Cremains
Yes he still Gremains F C
[Hook]
LieEm7 la Amlie, lie la Emlie la lie la lie
Lie la Amlie, lie la Flie la lie la Glie, la la lie la Amlie
Lie Emla lie la lie la lie
Lie la Amlie, lie la Flie la lie la lie, la la lie la Amlie
Lie la Emlie la lie la lie
Lie la Amlie, lie la Flie la lie la Glie, la la lie la Clie G C