Chords for Paul Simon - The Boxer (Live From Paris)

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_ _ _ I'm just a poor boy, the last [G] one [Am] so lonely.
_ [G] I ask for a thousand [G] for a pocket full of [G] mumbles, [C] such are promises. _
_ [G] All [Am] lies and jests, [G] still a man hears [F] what he wants to hear, and disregards [C] the [Am] rest.
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[Em] _ [G] _ _ [C] When _ _ _ _ _ I left my home and my family, I was no [G] more [Am] than a [G] boy in the company of strangers,
in the quiet of the railway [C] station running scant. _ _ _
[Am] Late alone, [G] seeking out the poor [F] quarters where the ragged [C] people [Am] go, [G] looking for the [C] places on the heaven floor.
La [Am] la la, _ _ [Em] _
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[Dm] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job but [G] I got no offers,
_ just to come off on the poor zone [C] some avenue. _ _
I have [Am] to declare, [E] there were times [F] when I was so lonesome I took some [C] comfort [G] in [G] la la la, la la [Em] la.
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Am] La la la, _ [G] la la la, la la la, [Am] la la la, _ [G] la la la, _ _ [Am] _ la _ [Em] la la, la la la, [Am] la la _ la, [G] la la [Am] la.
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_ _ _ _ Then I'm laying out my winter clothes, wishing I was [Am] gone, gone [G] home,
where the New York City [Em] [G] winters aren't [C] bleeding me, _ _ [Em] leading _ [Am] _ me, going [G] home.
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In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter [G] by [Am] his trade, and [G] he carries the [Em] reminders [G] of every blow that laid him [C] down,
and the cut-till, until he cried out in his [G] anger and [A] his shame, well [G] I am losing, [F] I am an evil,
but the fighter still [C] remains, he [G] still remains.
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[Am] La la la, _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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[Am] la la la, _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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la [Am] la la, la [G] la la, [Dm] [Em] la [Dm] la [C] la, la la la, la la la. _ _ _ _ _
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