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The Boxer

Simon & Garfunkel

A

I am just a poor boy

	Gbm
Though my story's seldom	told

	E
I have	squandered my resistance

	E7	A
For a	pocketful of mumbles such are	promises

	Gbm
All lies and	jest

	E	D
Still a	man hears what he	wants to hear

	A	E	D	Dbm7	A
And disregards the	rest,	hm	hm	hm

A

When I left my home and my family

	Gbm
I was no more than a	boy

	E
In the	company of strangers

	E7	A
In the	quiet of a railway station	running scared

	Gbm	E	D
Laying	low, seeking	out the poorer	quarters

	A
Where the ragged people	go

	E	D	Dbm7	A
Looking	for the places	only	they would	know

	Gbm	E	Gbm
Lie la	lie lie la	lie la lie la lie lie la	lie

	E	D	A
lie la	lie la lie la	lie la la la la	lie

A

Asking only workman′s wages

	Gbm
I come looking for a	job

	E
But I get no	offers

	E7	A
Just a	come-on from the whores on Seventh	Avenue

	Gbm	E	D
I do de	clare there were	times when I was	so lonesome

	A	E7
I took some comfort	there

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	Gbm	E	Gbm
Lie la	lie lie la	lie la lie la lie lie la	lie

	E	D	A
lie la	lie la lie la	lie la la la la	lie

A

Now the years are rolling by me

	Gbm
They are rocking	evenly

	E
I am older than I	once was

	E7	A
And	younger than I'll be,	that's not unusual

	Gbm	E	D
It isn′t	strange after	changes upon	changes

	A
We are more or less the	same

	E	D	Dbm7	A
After	changes we are	more or	less the	same

A

Then I′m laying out my winter clothes

	Gbm	E
And wishing I was	gone, going	home

	E7	A
Where the	New York City winters aren't	bleeding me

	Abm	Am	Am
Leading	me,	going home

A

In the clearing stands a boxer

	Gbm
And a fighter by his	trade

	E
And he	carries the reminders

	E7
Of	every glove that laid him down

	A
And	cut him ′til he cried out

	Gbm
In his anger and his	shame

	E7	D
"I am	leaving, I am	leaving"

	A	A	E	D	Dbm7	A
But the	fighter still re	mains,	hm	hm	hm

	Gbm	E	Gbm
Lie la	lie lie la	lie la lie la lie lie la	lie

	E	D	A
lie la	lie la lie la	lie la la la la	lie