Chords for Paul Simon - The Boxer (from The Concert in Hyde Park)

[C] _ _ Well, I'm gonna welcome my good friend Jerry Douglas to join me on this side _ _ _
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[C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ poor boy
the [G] story [Am] shall not tell
[G] swan disease resistance
for a pocket full of mumbles [C] such a promise
All _ _ [G] [Am] lies and jest [G] still a man [F] hears what he wants to hear
_ [C] disregards the [Am] rest
[G] _
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Mm-hmm
_ _ _ When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy
[G]
in the company of strangers
in the quiet of the railway [C] station running scared
_ _ _ [Am] lame, no
[G] Seeking out the poor [F] quarters where the ragged [C] people go
[G] Looking for the fish [F] is [G] all they [C] know
_ _ La [Am] la la _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mr.
Warner Brookman's wages
I'd come [G] looking [Am] for a job
I'd get no [G] offers
_ _ just to come home from the poor
[C] on the 7th Avenue
_ _ I [G] [Am] do declare
there [G] were times when I [F] sold on some
I took some [Am] comfort there
ooh la [G] la la la _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ La [C] _ _ [G] _
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[Am] la la
La [Em] la la
la la la la _
La [Am] _ _ _ [G] la la
La _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em]
la [G] la _ _ [Am] _ _ _
la la
La la [G] la
la la _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ la
then I lay out my winter clothes
[Em] wishing [Am] I was [G] gone going home
where the New York City winters [C] aren't Fleeting me
_ _ [Em] leading _ _ [Am] me _ [G] going home
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_ _ _ _ _ And in the clearing stand, the boxer, the [G] fighter [Am] buys [G] his trade and he carries the reminders
of every glove they laid him [C] down, all cut down till he cried out in his [G] anger [A] and his
shame, [G] well I'm leaving, [F] I'm leaving, but the [Am] fighter still [G] remains, he still remains.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] La la la, _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] la la la, _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] la la la, _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] la la la, _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] la la [Em] la, _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ [G] _
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[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] la la la, [Em] la [G] _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _
[A] _ [C] la la, la la la, la la _ _ _ _
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