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The Boxer tab by Simon & Garfunkel (Ver. 2)

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The Boxer Tab


				Tune all strings down one half step.
(Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)
C
|--3-----0-----0---|----0-------------|------------------|------------------|
|----5-----3-----3-|------3---1-----1-|----1-------1-----|------------------|
|------7-----3-----|--0-----0---3-----|--------0-------0-|---------%--------|
|------------------|--------------5---|------2-------2---|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--3---------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------3-------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
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Am
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-----------1-|----1-----------1-|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|
|--------0-----0---|--------0-----0---|--------0-------0-|--------2---------|
|------2---0v2-----|------2---0v2-----|------2-------0---|------2-------2---|
|--3---------------|--3---------------|--3-------2-------|--0-------0-------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H H
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told. I have

G G7 G6
|--------3---------|--3-----------0---|--1---------------|--0---------0-----|
|--0---------0-----|--------0---------|--------0 ^1---3-|--------0---------|
|----------------0-|------------0-----|------------------|----------------0-|
|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H
squandered my resistance for a pocket- ful of mum- bles such are

C Am
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|------------------|----1-------1-----|----1------1------|
|--------0-------0-|---------%--------|--------0-------0-|--------2------0--|
|------2-------2---|------------------|------2-------0---|------2------2----|
|--3---------------|------------------|--3-------2-------|--0-------0-------|
|----------3-------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

promises.- All lies in jest still a man

G F/C C
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------0---x-------|
|----0-------0-----|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|------1---x-1-----|
|--------0-------0-|--------2-------2-|--------2-------0-|------0---x-----0-|
|------0-------0---|------3-------3---|------3-------3---|--------------2---|
|------------------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3---------------|
|--3-------3-------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

- hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. Hmm,- hmm,-

G G7 C
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----0-------0-----|------------------|----0-------0---0 |----1-------1-----|
|--------0-------0-|--------%---------|--------0---------|--------0-------0-|
|------0-------0---|------------------|------3---2---0---|------2-------2---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3---------------|
|--3-------3-------|------------------|--3---------------|----------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
____________________ hmm,____________ hmm,

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------%---------|--------%---------|--------%---------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

hmm._________________

Am
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-----------1-|----1-----------1-|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|
|--------0-----0---|--------0-----0---|--------0-------0-|--------2---------|
|------2---0v2-----|------2---0v2-----|------2-------0---|------2-------2---|
|--3---------------|--3---------------|--3-------2-------|--0-------0-------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H H
left my home and my family I was no more than a boy in the

G G7 G6
|--------3---------|--3-----------0---|--1---------------|--0---------0-----|
|--0---------0-----|--------0---------|--------0 ^1---3-|--------0---------|
|----------------0-|------------0-----|------------------|----------------0-|
|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H
com-pany of strangers, in the qui-et of the railway station

C Am
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|------------------|----1-------1-----|----1------1------|
|--------0-------0-|---------%--------|--------0-------0-|--------2------0--|
|------2-------2---|------------------|------2-------0---|------2------2----|
|--3---------------|------------------|--3-------2-------|--0-------0-------|
|----------3-------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

runnin' scared.____________ Lay-ing low, seeking out

G F/C C
|------------------|------------------|--1---------------|--0-----3---------|
|----0-------0-----|----1-------1-----|--------1---------|----0-------0-----|
|--------0-------0-|--------2-------2-|------------2-----|------0-------0---|
|------0-------0---|------3-------3---|------3-------3---|------------------|
|------------------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3---------------|
|--3-------3-------|------------------|------------------|----------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

the poorer quarters where the rag- ged people go,________ lookin' for

G F/C C
|--------3---------|------------------|------------------|------0-----------|
|--0---------0-----|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|------1-------x---|
|----0-----------0-|--------2---------|--------0-------0-|------0-------x---|
|------0-------0---|------3-------3---|------2-------2---|--------------x---|
|------------------|--3-------3-------|--3---------------|--3-------3-------|
|--3-------3-------|------------------|----------3-------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

the places on- ly they would know. Lie la lie
S/S
Am Em
|----0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|------------------|------------------|
|--------1-------1-|--------1-------1-|----0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|
|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|--------0-------0-|--------0---------|
|----------2-------|----------2-------|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|
|--0---------------|--0---------------|----------2-------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--0---------------|--0-------0-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

lie la lie__ lie lie_ la lie__ Lie la lie

Am G
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|----0-------0-----|----0-------0---0-|
|--------2-------2-|--------2---------|--------0-------0-|--------0---------|
|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|------0-------0---|------0-----------|
|--0---------------|--0-------0-------|------------------|--2-------0---2---|
|----------0-------|------------------|--3-------3-------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

lie la lie____ lie lie la lie____ la la la la

C @2nd time to CODA
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|------------------|------------------|
|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|---------%--------|---------%--------|
|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|------------------|------------------|
|--3---------------|--3---------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------3-------|----------3-------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

lie. Asking on-
C
Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
Am G
but I get no offers,
G7 G6 C
just a come on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
Am
I do declare,
G F/C
there were times when I was so lonesome
C
I took some comfort there.
G
La la la la la la la
G7 C
Instrumental verse
C G/B Am
|--0---------------|--3---------------|------------------|--0---------------|
|------------1-----|------------1-----|--1-------3-------|----1-------1-----|
|--------0---------|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------2---------|
|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|------2-------0---|------2-------2---|
|--3---------------|--3---------------|--3-------2-------|--0-------0-------|
|----------3-------|----------3-------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

G G7
|------------------|--------------3---|------------------|------------1-----|
|--3---------3-----|------------------|------------0-----|----0-------------|
|----0---0-------0-|----0---0-------0-|----0---0-------0-|--------0---------|
|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

C Am(V)
|--0-------3-------|--8---------------|--0-------3-------|--5---------------|
|------1-------1---|--------------8---|------------------|----5-------5-----|
|------------------|------0---------0-|--------0-------0-|--------5---------|
|------2-------2---|------------------|------2-------0---|------7-------7---|
|--3---------------|------------------|--3-------2-------|--0-------0-------|
|----------3-------|--8-------8-------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

G F/C C G/B Am
|--3---------------|--1---------------|------------------|------0-----------|
|----0-------0-----|----1-------1-----|--------1---------|----------3---1---|
|--------0---------|--------2---------|--0^2-------2---0-|-(0)--------------|
|------0-------0---|------3-------3---|------3-------3---|------------------|
|------------------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3---3---2---0---|
|--3-------3-------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H

G F/C C S/S
|--------3---------|--------1---------|------------------|------0-----------|
|--3---------------|--1---------1-----|--1-----1---1-----|------1-----------|
|----0-------0-----|----2-------------|----0-----------0-|------0---0-----0-|
|------0-------0---|------3-------3---|------2-------2---|--------------2---|
|------------------|--3-------3-------|--3---------------|--3---------------|
|--3-------3-------|------------------|----------3-------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

@CODA
C
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|
|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|
|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|
|--3---------------|--3---------------|--3---------------|--3---------------|
|----------3-------|----------3-------|----------3-------|----------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
And I'm laying out_ my winter clothes and wishing I was

Am G
gone, goin' home,
G7 G6 C
where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,

Em Am
|------------------|--0---------------|------------------|--0---------------|
|--0-----0---------|----0---0---------|--1-----1---------|----1---1---------|
|----0-------0-----|------0-----0-----|----2-------2-----|------2-----2-----|
|------2-------2---|--------------2---|------2-------2---|--------------2---|
|------------------|------------------|--0-------0-------|--0-------0-------|
|--0-------0-------|--0-------0-------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
leading me, __________________________________________ goin' home

G G7 C
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|----0-------0---0-|----1-------1-----|
|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------0---------|--------0-------0-|
|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------3---2---0---|------2-------2---|
`x|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3---------------|
|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3---------------|----------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|
|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|
|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|
|--3---------------|--3---------------|--3---------------|--3---------------|
|----------3-------|----------3-------|----------3-------|----------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
In the clearing stand a box-

Am G
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|----0-------0-----|
|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------2---------|--------0-------0-|
|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|------0-------0---|
|--3---------------|--3---------------|--0-------0-------|------------------|
|----------3-------|----------3-------|------------------|--3-------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
er and a fight- er by his trade and he carries the remind-

C
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|----1-------1-----|
|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|
|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------2-------2---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3---------------|
|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|----------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
ers of every glove that laid him down or cut him till he

G/B Am G
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|----1-------3-----|----1-------1-----|----0-------0-----|
|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------2---------|--------0-------0-|
|------2-------2---|------2-------0---|------2-------2---|------0-------0---|
|--3---------------|--3-------2-------|--0-------0-------|------------------|
|----------3-------|------------------|------------------|--3-------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
cried out in his anger and his shame.__ I am leaving, I am

F/C C G/B Am G
|------------------|------------------|------0-----------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|----------3---1---|----0-------0-----|
|--------2-------2-|--------2---------|--0---------------|--------0-------0-|
|------3-------3---|------3-------3---|------------------|------0-------0---|
|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3---3---2---0---|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3-------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
leaving but the fight- er still remains. Hmm___ hmm.

F/C C Am
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----0-------0-----|
|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|o-------1-------1-|
|--------2-------2-|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|------2-------2---|
|------3-------3---|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|----------2-------|
|--3-------3-------|--3---------------|--3---------------|o-0---------------|
|------------------|----------3-------|----------3-------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Lie la lie.___

Em Am
|----0-------0-----|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------1-------1-|----0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|----1-------1-----|
|------2-------2---|--------0-------0-|--------0---------|--------2-------2-|
|----------2-------|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|
|--0---------------|----------2-------|------------------|--0---------------|
|------------------|--0---------------|--0-------0-------|----------0-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


G Play 8 times C
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|----0-------0-----|----0-------0---0o|----1-----------1-|
|--------2---------|--------0-------0-|--------0---------|--------0-----0---|
|------2-------2---|------0-------0---|------0-----------|------2---0v2-----|
|--0-------0-------|------------------|--2-------0---2--o|--3---------------|
|------------------|--3-------3-------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H
G/B Am G
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------3---------|
|----1---1-------1-|----1-------1-----|----1-------1-----|--------0---------|
|------0-------0---|--------0-------0-|--------2---------|----0-------0-----|
|----------0v2-----|------2-------0---|------2-------2---|------0-------0---|
|--3---------------|--3-------2-------|--0-------0-------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3-------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

C
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--0-----0---------|--0-----0---------|--0-----0---------|----1-------1-----|
|----0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|--------0-------0-|
|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------2-------2---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3---------------|
|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|----------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

G/B Am G
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1-------1-----|----1-------------|----1-------1-----|--------0---------|
|--------0-------0-|--------0-------0-|--------2---------|----0-------0-----|
|------2-------2---|------2-------0---|------2-------2---|------0-------0---|
|--3---------------|--3-------0v2-----|--0-------0-------|------------------|
|----------3-------|------------------|------------------|--3-------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H

F/C C G
|------------------|------------------|------0-----------|--------3---------|
|--------1---------|--------1---------|----------3---1---|--0---------------|
|----2-------2-----|--0^2-------2---0-|-(0)--------------|----0-------0-----|
|------3-------3---|------3-------3---|------------------|------0-------0---|
|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3---3---2---0---|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3-------3-------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H

F/C C
|--------1---------|------------------|----------0-------|------------------|
|------------------|--------1---------|--1-------1-------|------------------|
|--0^2-------2-----|----0-------0---0-|----------0-------|------------------|
|------3-------3---|------2-------2---|----------2-------|------------------|
|--3-------3-------|--3---------------|--3-------3-------|------------------|
|------------------|----------3-------|------3-----------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H
--

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
o o o
o "Saqi bajalwa dushman-e-imaan-o-aagahi, o David V. Wong o
o Mutrib banaghma, rahzan-e-tamkin-o-hosh hai. o ihateuw@u.washington.edu o
o -Mirza Ghalib (1797-1869) o o
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo



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