The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
Version 1 of 8
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Tuning: Half-Step Down, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Tune down your guitar one semi-tone. The studio recording is tuned slightly sharp of a
half step down. Try about +20 cents using an electronic tuner.
If you want to play in the original key in standard tuning, transpose this chord sheet
and/or use a capo to match the recording:
Transpose Capo Play Key
-3 2nd fret A B (studio version)
-5 4th fret G B (studio version)
+1 1st fret C C# (Live: "Concert in Central Park")
- - C C (Live: "Live 1969", "Old Friends",
"Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'")
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
I am just a po
or boy, though
my story's se
ldom told
I have squande
red my resista
nce
For a pocketfu
l of mumbles s
uch are promis
es
All lies and j
est still a ma
n hears what h
e wants to hea
r
And disregards
the rest
When I left my
home and fami
ly I was no mo
re than a boy
In the company
of strangers
In the quiet o
f a railway st
ation running
scared
Laying low see
king out the p
oorer quarters
where the rag
ged people go
Looking for th
e places only
they would kno
w
[Refrain]
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-la-la-l
a lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la l
a la lie la la
la la lie
[Verse 2]
Asking only wo
rkmans wages I
come looking
for a job
But I get no o
ffers
Just a come-on
from the whor
es on Seventh
Avenue
I do declare t
here were time
s when I was s
o lonesome I t
ook some comfo
rt there
La-la-la-la-la
-la-la
[Interlude]
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Extra verse in live versions
Now the years
are rolling by
me, they are
rocking evenly
And I am older
than I once w
as
And younger th
an I'll be, th
at's not unusu
al
No, it isn't s
trange, after
changes upon c
hanges we are
more or less t
he same
After changes
we are more or
less the same
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[Refrain]
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-la-la-l
a lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la l
a la lie la la
la la lie
[Verse 3]
Then I'm layin
g out my winte
r clothes and
wishing I was
gone
Going home whe
re the New Yor
k City winters
aren't bleedi
ng me
Leading me-e
Going home
In the clearin
g stands a box
er and a fight
er by his trad
e
And he carries
the reminders
Of ev'ry glove
that laid him
down or cut h
im till he cri
ed out
In his anger a
/
nd his shame
"I am leaving,
I am leaving.
" but the figh
ter still rema
ins
Hm, hm, hm
[Refrain]
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-la-la-l
a lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la l
a la lie la la
[ ]
la la lie
Lie-la-la
-la-la lie-la-
lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la l
a la lie la la
[ ]
la la lie
Lie-la-la
-la-la lie-la-
lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la l
a la lie la la
[ ]
la la lie
Lie-la-la
-la-la lie-la-
lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la l
a la lie la la
[ ]
la la lie
Lie-la-la
-la-la lie-la-
lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la l
a la lie la la
[ ]
la la lie
Lie-la-la
-la-la lie-la-
lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la l
a la lie la la
[ ]
la la lie
Lie-la-la
-la-la lie-la-
lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la l
a la lie la la
[ ]
la la lie
Lie-la-la
-la-la lie-la-
lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la l
a la lie la la
[ ]
la la lie
[Outro]
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