The Boxer chords by Simon & Garfunkel

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 4)

Produced by Roy Halee, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel:


Verse 1:

C majorC
I am just a poor boy
         E minor 7Em7   A minorAm
Though my story's seldom told
    G+G
I have squandered my resistance
   G+G               C majorC
For a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
  E minor 7Em7    A minorAm
All lies and jest,
    G+G         FF
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
          C majorC      G+G G MajorG C majorC
And disregards the rest, hmmmm...

Verse 2:

C majorC
When I left my home and my family,
       E minor 7Em7   A minorAm
I was no more than a boy
    G+G
In the company of strangers
    G+G
In the quiet of the railway station,
C majorC
Runnin' scared,
E minor 7Em7   A minorAm
Laying low
    G+G       FF
Seeking out the poorer quarters,
            C majorC
Where the ragged people go
    G+G
Looking for the places
G+G        C majorC
Only they would know


Hook:

  E minor 7Em7 A minorAm       E minorEm
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
    A minorAm     FF       G+G         C majorC
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

Verse 3:

    C majorC
Asking only workman's wages,
        E minor 7Em7  A minorAm
I come lookin' for a job
       G+G
But I get no offers
                  C majorC
Just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue
 E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
I do declare,
      G+G        FF
There were times when I was so lonesome
          C majorC       G+G      G+G C majorC
I took some comfort there, la la la la la la la


Verse 4:

    C majorC
Now the years are rolling by me
     E minor 7Em7   A minorAm
They are rockin' evenly
   G+G
I am older than I once was
                   C majorC
And younger than I'll be; that's not unusual
   E minor 7Em7  A minorAm
No it isn't strange
   G+G      FF
After changes upon changes
            C majorC
We are more or less the same
   G+G       FF        C majorC
After changes we are more or less the same


Hook:

  E minor 7Em7 A minorAm       E minorEm
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
    A minorAm     FF       G+G         A minorAm
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
    E minorEm            A minorAm
La la lie la lie la lie, Lie la lie,
   FF              C majorC
La la lie la la la lie la la la la lie


Verse 5:

    C majorC
And I'm laying out my winter clothes
     E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
Wishing I was gone
   G+G
Goin' home
                    C majorC
Where the New York City winters aren't bleedin' me,
E minor 7Em7     A minorAm
Leadin' me
   G+G  G+G G MajorG C majorC
Goin' home


Verse 6:


In the clearing stands a boxer,
         E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
And a fighter by his trade
    G+G
And he carries the reminders

Of every glove that laid him down
  C majorC  C majorC
Or cut him
                  E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame
   G+G       FF               C majorC
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
       G+G    FF  C majorC
Yes he still remains


Hook:

  E minor 7Em7 A minorAm     E minorEm
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
    A minorAm     FF       G+G         A minorAm
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

  E minorEm
Lie la lie la lie la lie
    A minorAm     FF                A minorAm
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

    E minorEm
Lie la lie la lie la lie
    A minorAm     FF       G+G         C majorC  G+G C majorC

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