Simon & Garfunkel - The boxer
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The Boxer â«âªSimon and Garfunkel- 1968
This is the Saturday Night Live version.
I sing it in D because I don't use a capo and C is a bit low for me.
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D
DI am just a poor boy, though my story is seldom Bmtold.
I have Asquandered my resistance,
For a A7pocketful of Amumbles, such are Dpromises.
All lies and Bmjest;
Still, a Aman hears what he Gwants to hear and disregards the DrestA. A7 A D
When I Dleft my home and my family I was no more than a Bmboy,
In the Acompany of strangers,
In the A7quiet of the Arailway station, Drunning scared.
Laying Bmlow, seeking Aout the poorer Gquarters,
Where the ragged people Dgo.
Looking Afor the places, Gonly Athey A7would Dknow.
Lie la Bmlie
Lie la F#mlie la lie la lie
Lie la Bmlie
Lie la Alie la la la la lie la la la la Dlie
Asking Donly workman's wages I come looking for a Bmjob,
But I get no Aoffers,
Just a A7come-on from the Awhores on Seventh DAvenue.
I do deBmclare there were Atimes when I was so Glonesome,
I took some comfort Dthere Lie la Alie A7lie la la Alie G D A D
DNow the years are rolling by me they are rocking evBmenly
I am Aolder than I once was
And A7younger than I'll be; that's not unDusual.
Nor is it Bmstrange after cAhanges upon cGhanges
We are more or less the sDame
After Achanges A7we are mGore or less tG6he sDame
Lie la Bmlie
Lie la F#mlie la lie la lie
Lie la Bmlie
Lie-la-Alie la la la la lie la la la la Dlie
AnDd I m laying out my winter clothes, and wishing BmI was goneA, goin home
Where the A7New York City Awinters aren t Dbleedin me, lF#meadin me Bmgoin hoAme.
In the Dclearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his Bmtrade,
And he Acarries the reminders, of A7every glove that Alaid him down,
Or Dcut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his Bmshame,
"AI am leaving, GI am leaving."
But the fighter still reDmainsA A7 A D
Lie la Bmlie
Lie la F#mlie la lie-la-lie
Lie la Bmlie
Lie la Alie la la la la lie la la la la lie
ALie la lie la la la la lie la la la la Dlie repeat and fade