The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
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[Verse 1]
I am just a po
/
or boy though
my story’s sel
dom told
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 hears what
he wants to h
ear
And disregards
the rest hmhm
hmhmhm
[Verse 2]
When I left my
home and my f
amily, I was n
o more than a
boy
In the company
of strangers
In the quiet o
f a railway st
ation, running
scared
Laying low, se
eking out the
poorer quarter
s
Where the ragg
ed people go
Looking for th
e places only
they would kno
w
[Hook]
Lie la lie, li
e la la la la
la lie, lie la
lie
Lie la lie la
la la la, lie
la la la la li
e.
[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’
Avenue
I do declare,
there were tim
es when I was
so lonesome
I took some co
mfort there
[Interlude]
La la la la la
[Hook]
Lie la lie, li
e la la la la
la lie, lie la
lie
Lie la lie la
la la la, lie
la la la la li
e.
[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
bleeding me
Leading me, go
ing home
In the clearin
g stands the b
oxer and a fig
hter by his tr
ade
And he carries
a reminder of
ev’ry glove t
hat laid him d
own
Or cut him til
l he cried out
in his anger
and his shame
I am leaving,
I am leaving
But the fighte
r still remain
s
Lie la lie lie
la and so on
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ou want