The Boxer Chords by Paul Simon

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And I am just a poor boy _ _ _
For my story seldom [Cm] told
I've [Bb] squandered my resistance for a pocket full [Gm] of mumbles such our [Eb] promises _ _
All [Cm] lies and [Bb] jests, till a man [Ab] hears what he wants to hear and [Eb] disregards the rest
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When I left my home and my family I was no more [Cm] than a boy [Bb] in the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway [Eb] station running scared
_ _ [Cm] Laying low, [Bb] seeking out the [Ab] poor quarters where the ragged [Eb] people go
[Bb] Looking for the [Ab] places only they would know
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[Cm] La-da-da
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_ [Eb] Asking only workman's wages, I come looking [Cm] for a job and [Bb] I get no offers
Just to come on from the hooves on [Eb] 7th Avenue
_ _ I do [Cm] declare there [Bb] were times when I [Ab] was so lonesome I took some [Eb] comfort there
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_ _ _ _ _ _ the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Cm] evenly
[Bb] I am older than I once was and younger than [Gm] I'll be but that's not [Eb] unusual
_ _ _ No it [Cm] isn't strange, [Bb] after changes [Ab] upon changes we are more or less [Gm] the same
[Bb] After changes we [Ab] are more or less the [Eb] same
_ Single as [Cm] I am, _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ that I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I [Cm] was gone, going [Bb] home
_ _ Where the New York City [Eb] winters aren't bleeding me, _ _ [Gm] _ leading [Cm] me _ to go home
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In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his [Cm] trade
And he [Bb] carries the reminders of every glove that laid [Eb] him down
All cut him till he cried out in his anger [Cm] and his shame
[Bb] I am leaving, I am [Ab] leaving but the fighter still remains
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