The Boxer Chords and Lyrics ( SIMON & GARFUNKEL )
Verse :
G Em
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
D
I have squandered my resistance
G
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
Em D C
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
G D G
And disregards the rest
Em
When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
D
In the company of strangers
Am7 G
In the quiet of a railway station running scared
Em D C G
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
D C Bm Am G
Looking for the places only they would know
Interlude :
Em
Lie-la-lie
D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Em
Lie la lie
D C D G
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Verse :
Em
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
D
But I get no offers
Am7 G
Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue
Em Am7 D C G
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there
Interlude :
D G
Ooo-la-la la la la la
Em
Lie-la-lie
D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Em
Lie la lie
D C D G
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Verse :
G
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
D7 G Em
And wishing I was gone
D Am7 D7 D G
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Em
Leading me
D
Going Home
G Em
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
D
And he carries the reminders
D7 G Am7 D7 G
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out
Em
In his anger and his shame
D C G D G D C G
'I am Leaving, I am Leaving.' But the Fighter still remains
Interlude :
Em
Lie-la-lie
D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Em
Lie la lie
D C Em
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie