Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (Audio)

[Gbm] [B] .
I am just a poor boy, though my [Abm] story's seldom told.
I [Gb] have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles [B] such are promises.
All [Gb].
[Abm] lies and chess, [Gb] still the man [E] hears what he wants to hear and [Gb] disregards the [B] rest.
[Gb] .
[B] .
When I left my home and my family, I was [Gb] no more [Abm] than a boy [Gb] in the company of strangers.
In the quiet of the railway [B] station, running scared.
[Gb].
[Abm] They ain't no [Gb] seeking out the [E] poor quarters where the ragged [B] people go.
Looking [Gb] for the [E] places only [B] they would know.
[Abm] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, [Ebm] .
lie, lie, lie, [Abm] lie, lie, [Gb] lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, [B] lie, lie, lie, lie, lie.
Asking only workers' wages, I come [Gb] looking [Abm] for a job but [Gb] I get no offers.
Just to come home from the whores on Seventh [B] Avenue .
[Gb] I do [Abm] declare there [Gb] were times when I [E] was so lonesome I took some [B] comfort in la [Gb] la la la.
la la la [B] .
[Abm] [Gb] .
[B] .
[Ebm] [Abm] [Gb] .
[E] [B] [Gb] .
[E] [B] la [Abm] la la la [Ebm] la la [Abm] .
[Gb] la la la la [B] la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
Then [Gb] [B].
I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [Gb] I [Abm] was gone going [Gb] home.
Where the New York City winters [B] aren't bleeding me, [Ebm] bleeding .
[Abm] me, going [Gb] home .
[B] .
In the clearing stands a boxer and a [Gb] fighter [Abm] by his trade.
[Gb] And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him [B] down.
A cup tempted he cried out in his [Gb] anger [Abm] and his shame.
[Gb] I am leaving, [E] I am leaving but the fighter [Gb] still remains.
[E] [B] La la [Abm] la la la [Ebm].
la la la [Ab] la la [Gb] .
la la [Abm] la [Ebm] la la la la la [Abm] la la [Gb] la.
[Abm] [Ebm] .
[Abm] [Gb] .
[Abm] [Ebm] .
[Abm] [Gb] .
[Bm] [Gb] [Abm] [Ebm] .
[Ab] [Gb] .
[Abm] [Ebm] .
[Abm] [Gb] .
[Ab] [Ebm] .
[Ab] [Gb] .
[Abm] [Ebm] .
[Ab] [Gb].
How do you do?.
Bye.
[B] [Gb] [Abm] [Gb] .
[B] .
[Gb] [Abm] [Gb] [E] .
[Gb] [E] [B] .
[N] .