THE BOXER - Simon and Garfunkel C - x32010 C/B - x22010 Am - x02210 G - 320033 F - 133211 Em - 022000 C C C C/B Am I am just a poor boy, though my story’s seldom told

I have ^Gsquandered my resis^Gtance for a ^Fpocketful of ^Fmumbles, such are ^Cpromises ^C All lies and ^Amjest, still a ^Gman hears what he ^Fwants to hear and ^Fdisregards ^Crest.

C C C C/B Am When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy

In the ^Gcompany of ^Gstrangers, in the ^Fquiet of a railway ^Fstation, running ^Cscared ^C Laying low, ^Amseeking out the poorer ^Gquarters where the ragged people go ^FLooking for the places ^Fonly they would ^Cknow.

^C Lie la lie,^Am lie la ^G la lie la lie,^G lie la lie ^Am ^Am Lie la la,^F la la la lie,^G la la la la ^Clie.

C C C C/B Am Asking only workman’s wages, I come looking for a job

But ^GI get no ^Goffers, just a ^Fcome-on from the ^Fwhores on 7th^C Avenue ^C I do declare ^Amthere were times when ^GI was so lonesome, ^FI took comfort ^Fthere ^C

Ooh la la, la la la la.

^C Lie la lie,^Am lie la ^G la lie la lie,^G lie la lie ^Am ^Am Lie la la,^F la la la lie,^G la la la la ^Clie.

C C C C/B Am Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone

Going ^Ghome, where ^Gthe New York City ^Fwinters ^Faren’t ^EmBleeding me, ^AmLeading me, going ^Ghome.

C C C C/B Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade

And he ^Gcarries the ^Greminders of ^Fevery glove ^Fthat laid him ^Cdown ^C Or cut him till he ^Amcried out in his ^Ganger and his shame ^F“I am leaving^F, I am leaving” but the fighter st^Cill remains.

^C Lie la lie,^Am lie la ^G la lie la lie,^G lie la lie ^Am ^Am Lie la la,^F la la la lie,^G la la la la ^Clie.

Simon & Garfunkel - The boxer