The Boxer (Ver3) Chords

Hey folks, here's the fixed version! This song sounds best using the Em7 with using just your birdie finger, usually just "walking" the base note from the C down to the Am. Em7 x2xx0x G 32000x These are the original lyrics; I'm a girl so singing in first person can be awkward in some companies so I've done a third-person version as well (girl version). Anyways, you've got a couple of picking options with this song; I use the classic pinch Travis picking pattern pretty much all the way through for this one. This adds a little more sound when using a single guitar. If you're on a C chord this is what the pattern looks like: ___________________ __o__________o_____ ________o__________ _____o_________o___ __o_______o________ ___________________ (Pinch, in-side out-side in)

Or you can use the alternating outside/inside pattern at the end of the intro: Intro |-3-0---0-----0---|---0-------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----3---3-----3-|-----3---1-----1-|---1-------1-----|---1-------1------|| |-----------3-----|-0-----0---3-0---|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0--|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2----|| |-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-3----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|---------3--------|| Repeat Outside/inside The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel C I am just a poor boy Em7 Am Though my story's seldom told, G I have squandered my resistance G7 C For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises Em7 Am All lies and jests G F Still a man hears what he wants to hear C G G7 C And disregards the rest C When I left my home and my family, Em7 Am I was no more than a boy G In the company of strangers G7 In the quiet of the railway station, C Running scared, Em7 Am G F Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters G Where the ragged people go G Looking for the places G7 G C Only they would know C Em7 Am Em7 Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie lie Am F G C Lie la lie, la la Lie la la la Lie la la la lah lie C Asking only workman's wages Em7 Am I come looking for a job, G But I get no offers, G7 Just a come-on from the whores C On Seventh Avenue Em7 Am I do declare, G F There were times when I was so lonesome C G G7 C I took some comfort there, le le le le le le le C Em7 Am Em7 Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie lie Am F G C Lie la lie, la la Lie la la la Lie la la la lah lie C Then I'm laying out my winter clothes Em7 Am And wishing I was gone, G Going home G7 Where the New York City winters C Aren't bleeding me, Em7 Am Leading me, G Going home C In the clearing stands a boxer, Em7 Am And a fighter by his trade G And he carries the reminders G7 Of ev'ry glove that laid him down C Or cut him till he cried out Em7 Am In his anger and his shame, G F "I am leaving, I am leaving" C G G7 C But the fighter still remains, mmm mmm C Em7 Am Em7 Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie lie Am F G C Lie la lie, la la Lie la la la Lie la la la lah lie C Em7 Am Em7 Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie lie Am F G C Lie la lie, la la Lie la la la Lie la la la lah lie C Em7 Am Em7 Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie lie Am F G C Lie la lie, la la Lie la la la Lie la la la lah lie