The Boxer
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The Boxer
Simon and Garfunkel
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I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom
Am
told
I have
G
squandered my resistance
For a
Dm
pocket full of
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mumbles, such are
C
promises
All lies and
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jest, still a
G
man hears what he
F
wants to hear
And disregards the
C
rest
G
G7
G6
C
When I
C
left my home and my family, I was no more than a
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boy
In the
G
company of strangers
In the
G7
quiet of a
G6
railway station,
C
running scared
Laying
Am
low, seeking
G
out the poorer
F
quarters
Where the ragged people
C
go
Looking
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for the places
G7
only
G6
they would
C
know
Chorus
Lie la
Am
lie, Lie la
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lie la lie la lie, Lie la
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lie,
G
Lie la lie la la la la, lie
F
la la la la
C
lie.
Asking
C
only workman's wages I come looking for a
Am
job
But I get no
G
offers
Just a
G7
come-on from the
G6
whores on Seventh
C
Avenue
I do de
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clare, there were
G
times when I was
F
so lonesome
I took some comfort
C
there
G
Lie lie lie lie la
G7
G6
C
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
Chorus
Speed