The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel | Guitar Chords

[Intro]
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A#

[Verse 1]
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A#
I am just a poor boy
                  A#maj7 Gm 
Though my story's seldom told
       F 
I have squandered my resistance
                                     A#
For a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
             Gm 
All lies and jest
           F               D#
Still a man  hears what he wants to hear
                       A#
And disregards the rest

[Verse 2]
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       A#
When I left my home and my family
              A#maj7 Gm 
I was no more than a boy
       F 
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station
A#
Running scared,
       Gm              F                D#
Laying low, seeking out  the poorer quarters
                          A#
Where the ragged people go
           F 
Looking for  the places
  D#            A#
Only they would know
Lie la lie,

[Chorus 1]
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Gm             Dm 
   lie la lala lie lie
               Gm         F                           A#
Lie la lie, lie   la la la  la lie la la lie la la la la

[Verse 3]
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       A#
Asking only workman's wages
               A#maj7   Gm 
I come looking for a job
               F 
But I get no offers
Just a comeon from the whores
           A#
On Seventh Avenue
            Gm 
I do declare
                F               D#
There were times  when I was so lonesome
                           A#
I took some comfort there, le le le le le le le le

[Interlude]
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A# | Gm | F  | A# 
Gm | F  | D# | A# 
F  A#
Lie la lie,

[Chorus 2]
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Gm             Dm 
   lie la lala lie lie
                     Gm          F                         A#
Lie la lie, lie la la   la la lie  la la le la la la la la la

[Verse 4]
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         A#
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
             A#maj7  Gm 
And wishing I    was gone
      F 
Going home
Where the New York City winters
       A#
Aren't bleeding me
Dm           Gm 
   Leading me
          F 
Going home

[Verse 5]
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A#
 In the clearing stands a boxer
              A#maj7  Gm 
And a fighter by  his trade
          F 
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
   A#
Or cut him till he cried out
                     Gm 
In his anger and his shame
      F             D#
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
                              A#      F  D#A#
But the fighter still remains, mmm mmm

[Chorus]
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Gm 
           Dm                     Gm 
Lie la lie,   lie la la la lie la lie
           F                         Gm          Dm 
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie la lie la la la la lie
                    Gm 
lie la la la lie la lie
           F                         Gm          Dm 
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie la lie la la la la lie
                    Gm 
lie la la la lie la lie
           F                         Gm          Dm 
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie la lie la la la la lie
                    Gm 
lie la la la lie la lie
           F                         Gm          Dm 
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie la lie la la la la lie
                    Gm 
lie la la la lie la lie
           F                         Gm          Dm 
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie la lie la la la la lie
                    Gm 
lie la la la lie la lie
           F                         Gm          Dm 
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie la lie la la la la lie
                    Gm 
lie la la la lie la lie
           F                         Gm          Dm 
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie la lie la la la la lie
                    Gm 
lie la la la lie la lie
           F                         A#
Lie la lie,  lie la la la lie la lie la

[Outro]
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Gm | F  | A# | Gm 
F  | D# | A# | F  
D# | A#