Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Tune down your guitar one semi-tone. The studio recording is tuned slightly sharp of a half step down. Try about +20 cents using an electronic tuner. If you want to play in the original key in standard tuning, transpose this chord sheet and/or use a capo to match the recording: Transpose Capo Play Key -3 2nd fret A B (studio version) -5 4th fret G B (studio version) +1 1st fret C C# (Live: "Concert in Central Park") - - C C (Live: "Live 1969", "Old Friends", "Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'") [Intro] | C | [Verse 1]

^CI am just a poor boy, though my story's ^C/Bseldom ^Amtold I have ^Gsquandered my resistance For a ^G7pocketful of ^G6mumbles such are ^Cpromises All ^C/Blies and ^Amjest still a ^Gman hears what he ^Fwants to hear And disregards the ^Crest ^G ^F ^G ^C

When I ^Cleft my home and family I was no more ^C/Bthan a ^Amboy In the ^Gcompany of strangers In the ^G7quiet of a ^G6railway station ^Crunning scared ^C/BLaying ^Amlow seeking ^Gout the poorer ^Fquarters where the ragged people ^Cgo Looking ^Gfor the places ^Fonly ^Gthey would ^Cknow

[Refrain]

Lie-la-^Amlie Lie-la-^Emla-la-la lie-la-lie Lie la ^Amlie Lie-la ^Gla la la la lie la la la la ^Clie

[Verse 2]

Asking ^Conly workmans wages I come looking ^C/Bfor a ^Amjob But I get no ^Goffers Just a ^G7come-on from the ^G6whores on Seventh ^CAvenue I ^C/Bdo de^Amclare there were ^Gtimes when I was ^Fso lonesome I took some comfort ^Cthere La-la-^Gla-la-la-la-la ^C

[Interlude] | C | C C/B Am | G7 | G7 | | C | C C/B Am | G7 | (2/4) | F | C G7 | F | C | (2/4) ************************************************************************************* Extra verse in live versions

Now the ^Cyears are rolling by me, they are rocking ^C/Beven^Amly And I am ^Golder than I once was And ^G7younger than I'll ^G6be, that's not un^Cusual No, it ^C/Bisn't ^Amstrange, after ^Gchanges upon ^Fchanges we are more or less the s^Came After ^Gchanges we are ^Fmore or less the ^Csame

************************************************************************************** [Refrain]

Lie-la-^Amlie Lie-la-^Emla-la-la lie-la-lie Lie la ^Amlie Lie-la ^Gla la la la lie la la la la ^Clie

[Verse 3]

Then I'm ^Claying out my winter clothes and wishing ^C/BI was ^Amgone Going ^Ghome where the ^G7New York City ^G6winters aren't ^Cbleeding me ^Em Leading me-^Ame Going ^G7home ^C

In the ^Cclearing stands a boxer and a fighter ^C/Bby his ^Amtrade And he ^Gcarries the reminders Of ^G7ev'ry glove that ^G6laid him down or ^Ccut him till he cried out In his anger ^C/Band his ^Amshame "I am ^Gleaving, I am ^Fleaving." but the fighter still re^Cmains Hm, hm, ^Ghm ^F ^G ^C

[Refrain]

Lie-la-^Amlie Lie-la-^Emla-la-la lie-la-lie Lie la ^Amlie G [ Am ] Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

^Am Lie-la-^Emla-la-la lie-la-lie Lie la ^Amlie G [ Am ] Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

^Am Lie-la-^Emla-la-la lie-la-lie Lie la ^Amlie G [ C ] Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

[Outro] | C | C C/B Am | G | G | | C | C C/B Am | G7 | (2/4) | F | C G7 | F | C C (2/4)

Simon & Garfunkel - The boxer