Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer guitar tab

079

Title: THE BOXER (Simon)

C Am

I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told

G

I have squandered my resistance

G7 G6 C

For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises

Am G F

All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear

C G G7 G6 C

And disregards the rest

C Am

When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy

G

In the company of strangers

G7 G6 C

In the quiet of a railway station, running scared

Am G F

Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters

C

Where the ragged people go

G G7 G6 C

Looking for the places only they would know

Am G Am G F C

Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie

C Am

Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job

G

But I get no offers

G7 G6 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

C

I took some comfort there

G G7 G6 C

Lie lie lie lie la

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone

Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me

Leading me, going home.

In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade

And he carries a reminder ov ev'ry glove that laid him down

Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame

I am leaving, I am leaving

But the fighter still remains

Lie la lie ... etc.

The Boxer

by Paul Simon from the Album "Bridge Over Troubled Waters"

C Am

I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told

G

I have squandered my resistance

C

For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises

Am G F

All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear

C G C

And disregards the rest

Am

When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy

G

In the company of strangers

Dm7 C

In the quiet of a railway station running scared

Am G F

Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go

G F Em Dm C

Looking for the places only they would know

Am

Lie-la-lie

G

Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie

Am

Lie la lie

G F G C

Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

Am

Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job

G

But I get no offers

Dm7 C

Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue

Am Dm7 G F C

I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there

G C

Ooo-la-la la la la la

Am

Lie-la-lie

G

Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie

Am

Lie la lie

G F G C

Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

C

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes

G7 C Am

And wishing I was gone

G Dm7 G7 G C

Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me

Am

Leading me

G

Going Home

C Am

In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade

G

And he carries the reminders

G7 C Dm7 G7 C

Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out

Am

In his anger and his shame

G F C

"I am Leaving, I am Leaving." But the Fighter still remains

G C G F C

Am

Lie-la-lie

G

Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie

Am

Lie la lie

G F Am

Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

Repeat & Fade