The Boxer — Simon & Garfunkel
Chords and lyrics for The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel (key of C).
Intro
[C]
Verse 1
[C]I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
[G]I have squandered my resistance
[G7]For a pocketful of mumbles such are [G6]promises [C]
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
[F]And disregards the [C]rest
[C]When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
[G]In the company of strangers
[G7]In the quiet of a railway station running [G6]scared [C]
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
[G]Looking for the places only they would [C]know
Refrain
[Am]Lie-la-lie
[Em]Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
[Am]Lie la lie
[G]Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la [C]lie
Verse 2
[C]Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
[G]But I get no offers
[G7]Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh [G6]Avenue [C]
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there
[G]La-la-la-la-la-la-[C]la
Interlude
[C] [C] [C/B] [Am] [G7]
[C] [C] [C/B] [Am] [G7]
[F] [C] [G7] [F] [C]
Verse 3
[C]Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking evenly
[G]And I am older than I once was
[G7]And younger than I'll be, that's not [G6]unusual [C]
No, it isn't strange, after changes upon changes we are more or less the same
[G]After changes we are more or less the [C]same
Refrain
[Am]Lie-la-lie
[Em]Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
[Am]Lie la lie
[G]Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la [C]lie
Verse 4
[C]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
[G]Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
[Em]Leading me-e
[G7]Going [C]home
[C]In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
[G]And he carries the reminders
[G7]Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried [G6]out [C]
In his anger and his shame
[G]"I am leaving, I am leaving." but the [F]fighter still [C]remains
Refrain
[Am]Lie-la-lie
[Em]Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
[Am]Lie la lie
[G]Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la [Am]lie
[Am]Lie-la-la-la-la [Em]lie-la-lie
[Am]Lie la lie
[G]Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la [Am]lie
[Am]Lie-la-la-la-la [Em]lie-la-lie
[Am]Lie la lie
[G]Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la [Am]lie
[Am]Lie-la-la-la-la [Em]lie-la-lie
[Am]Lie la lie
[G]Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la [Am]lie
[Am]Lie-la-la-la-la [Em]lie-la-lie
[Am]Lie la lie
[G]Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la [Am]lie
[Am]Lie-la-la-la-la [Em]lie-la-lie
[Am]Lie la lie
[G]Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la [C]lie
Outro
[C] [C] [C/B] [Am] [G]
[C] [C] [C/B] [Am] [G7]
[F] [C] [G7] [F] [C]