The Boxer tab by Simon & Garfunkel

Tabs (Ver. 3)

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Intermediate

Title: The Boxer
Artist: Simon and Garfunkel

Tip on playing:
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+G         +                        E minorEm
E MajorE|----------------0----|---------------------|-----------3----2----|-0-------------------|
BB|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1----|-3-------------------|----------------0----|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-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 majorC           Dsus4Dsus4
E MajorE|-0--------------2----|-0--------------2----|---------------------|---------------------|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|-1--------------1----|-1----0--------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------0----0----|
D MajorD|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|
E MajorE|-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+G                                +
E MajorE|---------------------------|----------------3----|-3----2----3---------|-3----3---3--------2----|
BB|-1--p0---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
G+G|-------------0-------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D MajorD|---------0------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|
A augmentedA|-0-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---------|
  promises.                 All  lies and jest     Still a  man   hears
  Running   scared.                Laying  low,    seeking  out   the

      +        C majorC    +        G+G    +
E MajorE|------2---2--------0----|------0---0--------0----|-0----------------------|---------------------|
BB|------------------------|------------------------|------3---3-------------|---------------------|
G+G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------0------------0----|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|------------------------|-3------------3---------|------------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-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 MajorD    +        D7D7    +
E MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
BB|-3-----------------0----|-1--------0-------------|---------------------|
G+G|----------2-------------|-------------------2----|-0-------------------|
D MajorD|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|-0------------0---------|-0------------0---------|---------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|-3---------3---------|
  Mmh mmh hmm   Mmh mmh hmm               When I
  for the pla-   ces  only   they   would know.

Chorus:
  G+G         +        !               +            +
E MajorE|-----------3----2---3---|---------------------|-----------3----3---3---|------2----2----0-------|
BB|-----------0----0---0---|---------------------|-----------0----0---0---|------0----0----0---3---|
G+G|------------------------|-----------0---------|------------------------|------------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0-------|------0----0----0----|------0---------0-------|------0---------0-------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE|-3---------3------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3------------|-3---------3------------|
       Lie- la- lie,                 Lie- la- lie-    la- lie- la- lie,

           +        !               +
E MajorE|-----------3----2---3---|---------------------|-----------5----7---8---|------7----5----3----|
BB|-----------0----0---0---|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
G+G|------------------------|-----------0---------|------------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0-------|------0----0----0----|------0---------0-------|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-3---------3------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------5------------|-8---------5---------|
       Lie- la- lie,                 Lie- la- lie-    la, lie- la-

      +    +
E MajorE|-5----3---3---3---2--------|-3-------------------|
BB|---------------------------|-0-------------------|
G+G|---------------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------------0----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-5------------3------------|-3---------3---------|
  lie- la- la- la- la-    lie.


Verse 2:
  G+G         +                            +
E MajorE|----------------0----|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
BB|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1----|-3-------------------|-0--------------0----|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|-----------0----2----|---------0-----------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-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 MajorD                      C majorC +              D MajorD      G+G
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
BB|-0-------------------|----------------0----|-1--1------1----1----|-1----0--------------|-1----0----0------|
G+G|------2--------------|-----------2---------|---------------------|-----------2----2----|------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------0----|------0---------0-|
A augmentedA|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------0---------|------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3------|
  offers.             Just a   come-on  from the  whores on Seventh   Avenue.

                      +           +
E MajorE|-------3----3----2--|--3---------3----3--3--|------2---------2--2--|------0---------0--|-0----0----0-------|
BB|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------3--|
G+G|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------0---------0--|-------0---------0-----|------0---------0-----|------0---------0--|------0---------0--|
A augmentedA|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|--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 MajorD
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|
BB|-3-------------------|---------------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|
  there   La-la-   la-la la-la-la


Instrumental:

E MajorE|-7-------------------|-10------------------|-3---------5---------|-7-------------------|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------5---------5----|------9---------9----|------0---------0----|------5---------5----|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-7---------7---------|-10--------10--------|-3---------5---------|-7---------7---------|


E MajorE|-5-------------------|---------------------|-10------------------|----------------8----|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------9---------9----|------9---------7----|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-5---------5---------|-5---------5---------|-10--------10--------|-10--------10--------|


E MajorE|-7---------10--------|-15------------------|-7---------10--------|-12--------7---------|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G+G|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
D MajorD|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-7---------10--------|-15--------15--------|-7---------10--------|-12--------7---------|


E MajorE|-10------------------|---------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------9---------9----|------9---------9----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-10--------10--------|-10--------10--------|-5---------5---------|-5---------5---------|


Verse 3:

  G+G           +  +                  E minorEm
E MajorE|----------------0--|---------------------|-----------3----2----|-0---------0---------|
BB|-3-----------------|-3--1----0------1----|-3-------------------|----------------0----|
G+G|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0--|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-3---------3-------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and  wishing  I  was  gone,   going

  D MajorD                      C majorC                      G+G
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
BB|-3-------------------|----------------0----|-1----1----1---------|-1----0--------------|-1----0----0-------|
G+G|---------------------|-----------2---------|---------------------|-----------0---------|-------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0---------0--|
A augmentedA|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3-------|
  home,              where the  New York City    winters  aren't   bleeding me,

             E minorEm                     D MajorD
E MajorE|-----------3----2----|-0-------------------|-----------0---------|------------------|------------------|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|----------------0----|-3----------------|----------0----1--|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0--------0--|------0--------0--|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-0--------0-------|-0--------0-------|
E MajorE|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|------------------|------------------|
       Leading   me,               going home.              In  the

  G+G         +                      E minorEm
E MajorE|----------------0----|-------------------|-----------3----2---|-0------------------|-0--------------2---|
BB|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1--|-3------------------|-----------0----0---|--------------------|
G+G|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------0---------0--|------0---------0---|------2---------2---|------2---------2---|
A augmentedA|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E MajorE|-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 majorC          D7D7    +       +   +            +           +
E MajorE|-0-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
BB|------1------------|-1------------------|-1p0---------------|-1----0--------------|-1----0---------------|
G+G|---------------0---|----------2---------|---------0---------|-------------0-------|-------------0--------|
D MajorD|------2--------2---|------0----------0--|------0---------0--|------0---------0----|------0----------0----|
A augmentedA|-3--------3--------|-0-----------0------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|--------------------|-3---------3-------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3----------|
  minders    of  every  glove that laid him down or  cut him  till he  cried out  in his

                                 E minorEm          C majorC
E MajorE|-----------3----2---|-3---------3----3---|-3----2----2----2---|-2----0----0----0---|-0----0---0---------|
BB|-3------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------3----|
G+G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0---|------0---------0---|------0---------0---|------2---------2---|------2--------2----|
A augmentedA|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-3--------3---------|
E MajorE|-3---------3--------|-3---------3--------|-3---------3--------|-0---------0--------|--------------------|
  an- ger and his  shame  "I  am  leaving, I  am  leaving\

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