{t:The Boxer}
{st:Simon and Garfunkel (1968)}
{sot}
  Carter Style Fingerpicking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
      1    2 & 3    4 &
{eot}


[/] [C]  [/] [C]  [/]


[/] [C] I am just a [/] poor boy though my [/] story's seldom [/] [Am] told
I have [/] [G] squandered my re- [/] sistance, for a [/] [G7] pocket full of [/] mumbles
such are [/] [C] promises...  [/]  …  [/]  All lies and [/] [Am] jests, 
still a [/] [G] man hears what he [/] [F] wants to hear, and [/] disregards the [/] [C] rest,
Mm-mm- [/] [G7] mm...  [/] .... [/] mm-mm-mm [/] [C] mmm… [/] [C] [/] [C] [/] [C]


When I [/] [C] left my home and my [/] [C] family I was [/] [C] no more than a [/] [Am] boy
In the [/] [G] company of [/] strangers, in the [/] [G7] quiet of the [/] railway station 
[/] [C] running scared [/] ... [/] ... Laying [/] [Am] low seeking 
[/] [G] out the poorer [/] [F] quarters where the [/] [F] ragged people [/] [C] go,
Looking [/] [G7] for the places [/] [F] only they would [/] [C] know [/] [C]


Lie la [/] [Am] lie... [/] [Am] ...Lie la [/] [Em] lie lie lie lie [/] lie
Lie la [/] [Am] lie... [/] [Am] ...Lie la [/] [G7] lie lie lie lie [/] lie lie lie lie lie 
[/] [C] lie... [/] [C] [/] [C] [/] [C] 


Asking [/] [C] only workman's [/] wages I come [/] looking for a [/] [Am] job
But I get no [/] [G] offers... [/] [G]... Just a [/] [G7] come-on from the [/] whores on Seventh 
[/] [C] Avenue [/] ... [/] I do de- [/] [Am] clare, there were 
[/] [G] times when I was [/] [F] so lonesome I [/] took some comfort [/] [C] there 
la la [/] [G7] la la la la [/] [G7] la... [/] [G7] [/] [C] [/] [C]


Lie la [/] [Am] lie... [/] [Am] ...Lie la [/] [Em] lie lie lie lie [/] lie
Lie la [/] [Am] lie... [/] [Am] ...Lie la [/] [G7] lie lie lie lie [/] lie lie lie lie lie 
[/] [C] lie... [/] [C] [/] [C] [/] [C] 


Then I'm [/] [C] laying out my [/] winter clothes and [/] wishing I was [/] [Am] gone
Going [/] [G] home... [/] [G] ... where the [/] [G7] New York City [/] winters aren't
[/] [C] Bleeding me [/] .... [/] [Em] ... bleeding [/] me... 
[/] [Am] ... [/] ... going [/] [G] home [/] [G] [/] [G] [/] [C] [/] [C] [/] [C] [/] [C]


In the [/] [C] clearing stands a [/] boxer and a [/] fighter by his [/] [Am] trade
And he [/] [G] carries the re- [/] minders of [/] [G7] ev'ry glove that [/] laid him down
Or [/] [C] cut him till he [/] cried out in his [/] anger and his [/] [Am] shame
I am [/] [G] leaving I am [/] [F] leaving but the [/] fighter still re- [/] [C] mains
Mm-mm- [/] [G7] mm...  [/] [F] [/] [C] [/] [C] 


Lie la [/] [Am] lie... [/] [Am] ...Lie la [/] [Em] lie lie lie lie [/] lie
Lie la [/] [Am] lie... [/] [Am] ...Lie la [/] [G7] lie lie lie lie [/] lie lie lie lie lie 
Lie la [/] [Am] lie... [/] [Am] ...Lie la [/] [Em] lie lie lie lie [/] lie
Lie la [/] [Am] lie... [/] [Am] ...Lie la [/] [G7] lie lie lie lie [/] lie lie lie lie lie 
[/] [C] lie... [/] [C] [/] [C] [/] [C↓] 


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#Original in key of B. This chart is in key of C.
#Last Updated 9/28/18 JJ
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