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THE BOXER
Simon & Garfunkel
[C] I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom [Am] told,
I have
[G] squandered my resistance,
For a [F] pocket full of mumbles, such are [C] promises.
All lies and [Am] jest, still
a [G] man he hears what he [F] wants to hear,
And [C] disre-[G]-gards [F] the [C] rest.
When I [C] left my home and
my family,
I was no more than a [Am] boy, in the [G] company of strangers,
In the [F] quiet of a railway station,
[C] running scared.
Laying [Am] low, seeking [G] out the poorer [F] quarters
Where the ragged people [C] go,
Lookin'
for the places [G] only [F] they would [C] know.
Lie-la-[Am]-lie, lie-la-[G]-lie-lie-lie-la-lie,
Lie-la-[Am]-lie,
lie-la-[G]-lie lie lie lie [F] lie la la lie-la-[C]-lie
Asking [C] only workman's wages
I come lookin' for a
[Am] job, but I get no [G] offers.
Just a [F] come-on from the [C] whores on Seventh [G] A-[F]-ven-[C]-ue.
I do [Am]
declare, there were [G] times when I was [C] so lonesome,
I [G] took some [F] comfort [C] there.
Lie-la-[Am]-lie,
lie-la-[G]-lie-lie-lie-la-lie,
Lie-la-[Am]-lie, lie-la-[G]-lie lie lie lie [F] lie la la lie-la-[C]-lie
Then
I'm [C] laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was [Am] gone, going [G] home.
Where the [F] New York City [C]
winters aren't [G] blee-[F]- ding [C] me,
Leading me, [Am] going [G] home.
In the [C] clearing stands a boxer and
a fighter by his [Am] trade,
And he [G] carries the reminders,
Of [F] every glove that's [G] laid him down,
Or
[G] cut him, 'til he [C] cried out, in his anger and his [Am] shame,
"I am [G] leaving, I am [F] leaving."
But
the fighter still re-[C]-mains.
Lie-la-[Am]-lie, lie-la-[G]-lie-lie-lie-la-lie,
Lie-la-[Am]-lie, lie-la-[G]-lie
lie lie lie [F] lie la la lie-la-[C]-lie
Lie-la-[Am]-lie, lie-la-[G]-lie-lie-lie-la-lie,
Lie-la-[Am]-lie, lie-la-[G]-lie
lie lie lie [F] lie la la lie-la-[C]-lie
Lie-la-[Am]-lie, lie-la-[G]-lie-lie-lie-la-lie,
Lie-la-[Am]-lie, lie-la-[G]-lie
lie lie lie [F] lie la la lie-la-[C]-lie
Lie-la-[Am]-lie, lie-la-[G]-lie-lie-lie-la-lie,
Lie-la-[Am]-lie, lie-la-[G]-lie
lie lie lie [F] lie la la lie-la-[C]-lie
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