Simon & Garfunkel - The boxer

^CI am just a poor boy though my story's seldom ^Amtold ^GI have squandered my resistance For a^F pocket full of mumbles, such are^C promises All lies an^Amd jest, still ^Ga man hears what h^Fe wants to hear And disregards the ^Crest m ^Gm ^Fm ^Emm .^Dm. ^C

^CWhen I left my home and my family, I was no more than a ^Amboy In the co^Gmpany of strangers F C In the quiet of a railway station, running scared Laying ^Amlow, seeking ^Gout the poorer ^Fquarters Where the ragged people ^Cgo G F Em C Looking for the places only they would know

^CLi^Ame l^Ga ^Amlie^G L^Fie^C la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie ^CAsking only workman's wages I come looking for a ^Amjob But I get no ^Goffers Just a com^Fe-on from the whores on Seventh^C Avenue I do de^Amclare, there were ^Gtimes when I was ^Fso lonesome I took some comfort ^Cthere ^GLie lie lie lie la ^{F C}

Th^Cen I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I wa^Ams gone Go^Ging home where the New Yor^Fk City winters aren't ble^Ceding me L^Emeading meeeee^Ameeeee to goi^Gng home.

I^Cn the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by hi^Ams trade And he ^Gcarries a reminder of e^Fvery glove that laid him down Or ^Ccut him till he cried out in his anger and hi^Ams shame I ^Gam leaving, I am leaving But the fighter still^C remains M m^G m^F m^Em...^{Dm C}

^CLi^Ame l^Ga ^Amlie^G L^Fie^C la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie..etc