The Boxer
Paul SImon & Art Garfunkel
C a
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
a 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 a
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
a 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
a
Lie-la-lie
G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
a
Lie la lie
G F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
C a
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
a 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
G C G F C
a
Lie-la-lie
G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
a
Lie la lie
G F a
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
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