Simon & Garfunkel - The boxer
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Title: The Boxer
Artist: Simon and Garfunkel
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time: 4/4
Tempo: Q=140
Maintain a steady rhythm with the alternating bass line.
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
[Verse 1]
G + Em
E|----------------0----|---------------------|-----------3----2----|-0-------------------|
B|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1----|-3-------------------|----------------0----|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|
I am just a poor boy, Though my story's seldom told, I have
left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy In the
C Dsus4
E|-0--------------2----|-0--------------2----|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|-1--------------1----|-1----0--------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------0----0----|
D|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|---------------------|---------------------|
squandered my re- sistance For a pocketful of mumbles Such are
company of strangers,In the quiet of the railway station
+ G +
E|---------------------------|----------------3----|-3----2----3---------|-3----3---3--------2----|
B|-1--p0---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
G|-------------0-------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|---------0------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|
A|-0-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
E|-----------------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---------|
promises. All lies and jest Still a man hears
Running scared. Laying low, seeking out the
+ C + G +
E|------2---2--------0----|------0---0--------0----|-0----------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------3---3-------------|---------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
D|------0------------0----|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|
A|------------------------|-3------------3---------|------------------------|---------------------|
E|-3------------3---------|------------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------3---------|
what he wants to hear and dis- re- gards the rest
poorer quar- ters where the rag- ged people go, looking
D + D7 +
E|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
B|-3-----------------0----|-1--------0-------------|---------------------|
G|----------2-------------|-------------------2----|-0-------------------|
D|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-0------------0---------|-0------------0---------|---------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-3---------3---------|
Mmh mmh hmm Mmh mmh hmm When I
for the pla- ces only they would know.
[Chorus]
G + ! + +
E|-----------3----2---3---|---------------------|-----------3----3---3---|------2----2----0-------|
B|-----------0----0---0---|---------------------|-----------0----0---0---|------0----0----0---3---|
G|------------------------|-----------0---------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------0---------0-------|------0----0----0----|------0---------0-------|------0---------0-------|
A|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|-3---------3------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3------------|-3---------3------------|
Lie- la- lie, Lie- la- lie- la- lie- la- lie,
+ ! +
E|-----------3----2---3---|---------------------|-----------5----7---8---|------7----5----3----|
B|-----------0----0---0---|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------------|-----------0---------|------------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0-------|------0----0----0----|------0---------0-------|------0---------0----|
A|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
E|-3---------3------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------5------------|-8---------5---------|
Lie- la- lie, Lie- la- lie- la, lie- la-
+ +
E|-5----3---3---3---2--------|-3-------------------|
B|---------------------------|-0-------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------------0----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------------|---------------------|
E|-5------------3------------|-3---------3---------|
lie- la- la- la- la- lie.
[Verse 2]
G + +
E|----------------0----|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1----|-3-------------------|-0--------------0----|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-----------0----2----|---------0-----------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|
Asking only work-man wa- ges I come looking for a job but I get no
D C + D G
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
B|-0-------------------|----------------0----|-1--1------1----1----|-1----0--------------|-1----0----0------|
G|------2--------------|-----------2---------|---------------------|-----------2----2----|------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------0----|------0---------0-|
A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------0---------|------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3------|
offers. Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
+ +
E|-------3----3----2--|--3---------3----3--3--|------2---------2--2--|------0---------0--|-0----0----0-------|
B|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------3--|
G|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------0---------0--|-------0---------0-----|------0---------0-----|------0---------0--|------0---------0--|
A|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|--3---------3-------|--3---------3----------|-3---------3----------|-3---------3-------|-3---------3-------|
I do de- clare, there were times when I was so lone-some I took some comfort
D
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-3-------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
there La-la- la-la la-la-la
[Instrumental]
E|-7-------------------|-10------------------|-3---------5---------|-7-------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------5---------5----|------9---------9----|------0---------0----|------5---------5----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-7---------7---------|-10--------10--------|-3---------5---------|-7---------7---------|
E|-5-------------------|---------------------|-10------------------|----------------8----|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------9---------9----|------9---------7----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-5---------5---------|-5---------5---------|-10--------10--------|-10--------10--------|
E|-7---------10--------|-15------------------|-7---------10--------|-12--------7---------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-7---------10--------|-15--------15--------|-7---------10--------|-12--------7---------|
E|-10------------------|---------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------9---------9----|------9---------9----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-10--------10--------|-10--------10--------|-5---------5---------|-5---------5---------|
[Verse 3]
G + + Em
E|----------------0--|---------------------|-----------3----2----|-0---------0---------|
B|-3-----------------|-3--1----0------1----|-3-------------------|----------------0----|
G|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0--|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|
A|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-3---------3-------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, going
D C G
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
B|-3-------------------|----------------0----|-1----1----1---------|-1----0--------------|-1----0----0-------|
G|---------------------|-----------2---------|---------------------|-----------0---------|-------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0---------0--|
A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3-------|
home, where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
Em D
E|-----------3----2----|-0-------------------|-----------0---------|------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|----------------0----|-3----------------|----------0----1--|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0--------0--|------0--------0--|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-0--------0-------|-0--------0-------|
E|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|------------------|------------------|
Leading me, going home. In the
G + Em
E|----------------0----|-------------------|-----------3----2---|-0------------------|-0--------------2---|
B|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1--|-3------------------|-----------0----0---|--------------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0--|------0---------0---|------2---------2---|------2---------2---|
A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3-------|-3---------3--------|-0---------0--------|-0---------0--------|
clearing stands a bo- xer and a fighter by his trade and he carries the re-
C D7 + + + + +
E|-0-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B|------1------------|-1------------------|-1p0---------------|-1----0--------------|-1----0---------------|
G|---------------0---|----------2---------|---------0---------|-------------0-------|-------------0--------|
D|------2--------2---|------0----------0--|------0---------0--|------0---------0----|------0----------0----|
A|-3--------3--------|-0-----------0------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-3---------3-------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3----------|
minders of every glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out in his
Em C
E|-----------3----2---|-3---------3----3---|-3----2----2----2---|-2----0----0----0---|-0----0---0---------|
B|-3------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------3----|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|------0---------0---|------0---------0---|------0---------0---|------2---------2---|------2--------2----|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-3--------3---------|
E|-3---------3--------|-3---------3--------|-3---------3--------|-0---------0--------|--------------------|
an- ger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving", but the fighter still re-
D D7 G
E|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B|-3------------------|-1--------0---------|---------------------|
G|---------------2----|---------------2----|-0-------------------|
D|------0--------0----|------0--------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-0--------0---------|-0--------0---------|---------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|-3---------3---------|
mains mmh- hmm- mmh- mmh- mmh.
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