Simon & Garfunkel - The boxer
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Capo: 2
Capo fret. 2
Intro : NC
AI am just a poor boy
AThough my story's A/G#seldom F#mtold
I have Esquandered my resistance
For a E7pocket full of mumbles such are Apromises
...
All A/G#lies and F#mjests
Still a Eman hears what he Dwants to hear
And disregards the Arest Ehmm E7hmm hmm Ahmm
AWhen I left my home and my family
I was no A/G#more than a F#mboy
In the Ecompany of strangers
EIn the E7quiet of the railway station Arunning scared
A/G#Laying F#mlow, seeking Eout the poorer Dquarters
Where the ragged people Ago
Looking Efor the places E7only they would Aknow
... F#m E F#m E..... A
Lie la lie ...
AAsking only workman's wages
I come A/G#looking F#mfor a job
But I get no Eoffers,
Just a E7come-on from the whores on SeventhA Avenue
I A/G#do declF#mare, there were Etimes when I was Dso lonesome
I took some comfort Athere la la Ela la...E7.. A
A....A/G#..F#m..E....E7....A....A/G#..F#m..E..D....A..E...A
Lie la F#mlie ..E. F#m E
AThen I'm laying out my winter clothes
AAnd wishing IA/G# was gF#mone
Going Ehome
Where the E7New York City winters aren't Ableeding me
Bleeding Eme, F#m going Ehome E7 A
AIn the clearing stands a boxer
A F/G# F#m
And a fighter by his trade
And he Ecarries the reminders
Of E7ev'ry glove that layed him down
Or Acut him till he cried out
AIn his anger A/G#and his F#mshame
"EI am leaving, DI am leaving"
DBut the fighter still remAains E E7 A
A F#m E F#m E (ad lib)
Lie la lie ...
Outro : A....A/G#..F#m..E....E7....A....A/G#..F#m..E..D....A..E..E7...A