The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel

CAPO 4th Fret

G                                             Em
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
       D
I have squandered my resistance
      D7             D                 G
For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises
             Em
All lies and jests
        D                 C                                G     D  D7  D  G
Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest

G                                                      Em
When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy
       D
In the company of strangers
       D7           D               G
In the quiet of the railway station running scared,
       Em           D              C                                G  
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
        D              C    D    D7    G
Looking for the places only they would know

       Em          Bm                         Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie - Lie la lie
       D                              G
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie

       G                                         Em
Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job
             D
But I get no offers
       D7               D                 G
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
        Em                D                   C
I do declare - There were times when I was so lonesome
                    G      D     D7     D     G
I took some comfort there, le le le le le le le
 
       Em          Bm                         Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie - Lie la lie
       D                              G
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie

         G                                              Em          D
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, going home
          D7            D              G
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Bm      Em        D    D  D7  D  G
Leading me, going home

       G                                            Em
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
       D                        D7               D 
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
   G                                              Em
Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
      D             C
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
                      G        D   D7   D   G
But the fighter still remains, mmm mmm

REPEAT 3X
       Em          Bm                         Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie - Lie la lie
       D                                     
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie


D                          G
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie