The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
The Boxer
Simon and Garfunkel
Hey folks, here's the fixed version! This song sounds best using the
Em7 with using just your birdie finger, usually just "walking"
the base note from the C down to the Am.
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Anyways, you've got a couple of picking options with this song;
I use the classic pinch Travis picking pattern pretty much all the
way through for this one. This adds a little more sound when using a
single guitar. If you're on a C chord this is what the pattern looks like:
e|------------
B|--o---------
G|--------o---
D|-----o------
A|--o-------o-
E|------------
-------|
-o-----|
-------|
---o---|
-------|
-------| (Pin
ch, in-side ou
t-side in)
Or you can use the alternating outside/inside pattern at the end of the intro:
[Intro]
e|-3-0---0----
B|-----3---3--
G|-----------3
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
-0---|---0----
---3-|-----3--
-----|-0-----0
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
---------|----
-1-----1-|---1
---3-0---|----
---------|----
---------|-3--
---------|----
-------------|
-------1-----|
---0-------0-|
-2-------2---|
-------------|
-----3-------|
--------------
---1-------1--
-------0------
-----2-------2
-3------------
---------3----
----||
----||
-0--||
----||
----||
----|| Repeat
Outside/inside
[Verse 1]
I am just a po
or boy
Though my stor
y's seldom tol
d,
I have squande
red my resista
nce
For a pocket f
ull of mumbles
, such are pro
mises
All lies and j
ests
Still a man he
ars what he wa
nts to hear
And disregards
the rest
[Verse 2]
When I left my
home and my f
amily,
I was no more
than a boy
In the company
of strangers
In the quiet o
f the railway
station,
Running scared
,
Laying low, se
eking out the
poorer quarter
s
Where the ragg
ed people go
Looking for th
e places
Only they woul
d know
[Hook]
Lie la lie, l
ie la la la la
lie lie
Lie la lie, la
la Lie la la
la Lie la la l
a lah lie
[Verse 3]
Asking only wo
rkman's wages
I come looking
for a job,
But I get no o
ffers,
Just a come-on
from the whor
es
On Seventh Ave
nue
I do declare,
There were tim
es when I was
so lonesome
I took some co
mfort there, l
e le le le le
le le
[Chorus]
Lie la lie, l
ie la la la la
lie lie
Lie la lie, la
la Lie la la
la Lie la la l
a lah lie
[Verse 4]
Then I'm layin
g out my winte
r clothes
And wishing I
was gone,
Going home
Where the New
York City wint
ers
Aren't bleedin
g me,
Leading me,
Going home
[Verse 5]
In the clearin
g stands a box
er,
And a fighter
by his trade
And he carries
the reminders
Of ev'ry glove
that laid him
down
Or cut him til
l he cried out
In his anger a
nd his shame,
"I am leaving,
I am leaving"
But the fighte
r still remain
s, mmm mmm
[Outro]
Lie la lie, l
ie la la la la
lie lie
Lie la lie, la
la Lie la la
la Lie la la l
a lah
Lie, lie la la
la la lie lie
Lie la lie, la
la Lie la la
la Lie la la l
a lah
Lie, lie la la
la la lie lie
Lie la lie, la
la Lie la la
la Lie la la l
a lah lie