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The Boxer
Simon and Garfunkel
D Bm
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
A
I have squandered my resistance
Em A D
For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises
Bm A G
All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear
D A G G D
And disregards the rest
D Bm
When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
A
In the company of strangers
Em A D
In the quiet of a railway station, running scared
Bm A G
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
D
Where the ragged people go
A G G D
Looking for the places only they would know
Bm A Bm
Lie la lie, Lie la lie la lie la lie, Lie la lie,
A G D
Lie la lie la la la la, lie la la la la lie.
D Bm
Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job
A
But I get no offers
Em A D
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
Bm A G
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
D
I took some comfort there
A G G D
Lie lie lie lie la
D Bm
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
A Em A D Bm
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
A G D
Leading me, going home.
D Bm
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
A A7
And he carries a reminder of ev'ry glove that laid him down
D Bm
Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
A G
I am leaving, I am leaving
D
But the fighter still remains
Chorus
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