Chords for Simon And Garfunkel - The Boxer

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I'm just a poor boy, though my [G] story's [Am] seldom told
[G] I must wander my resistance, for a pocket full of mumbles [C] such are promises
_ _ All [Am] lies and jests, [G] till the man [F] hears what he wants to hear and [C] disregards the rest
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] When _ _ _ _ _ I left my home and my family, I [D] was no [Am] more than a boy [G] in the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway [C] station, running scared
_ [A] Laying low, [G] seeking out the [F] poorer quarters where the ragged [C] people [Am] go
[G] Looking for the [F] places only [C] they will know
[Am] La la la, la [Em] la la la, _ [Am] la la la, [G] la la la la la la la la
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_ [Gm] _ _ [D] Asking [C] only workers' wages, I come looking [Am] for a job but I [G] get no offers
[Em] Just [G] to come on from your whores on [C] 7th Avenue _
_ [G] I [Am] do declare that [G] there were times when [F] I was so lonesome I took some [C] comfort [G] in
La la la, la la la la, la la la _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ la la la la
Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Am] evenly
[G] I am older than I once was, younger than I'll be, [C] that's not unusual _ _
[G] Nor [Am] it isn't [G] strange, after changes, [F] upon changes, we are more or [C] less the same
[G] After changes, [F] we are more or [C] less the same
_ [Am] La la la, _ [Em] la la la la, _ [Am] la la la, _ [G] la la la la la la la [Am] la la
_ [Em] La la la, la la la [Am] la, la la la, _ _ [G]
la _ [C] la la la la la la la _ _
[Gm] _ [C] And I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [Am] I was gone
[G] Going home _ where the New York City [C] winters are
And bleeding me, _ [Em] _
leading [Am] me _ _ [G] to go home
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ In the clearing stands a boxer and a [G] fighter [Am] by his trade
[G] And he carries the [Em] reminders [G] of every glove that laid him [C] down
All content to cry now in [G] his anger [Am] and his shame
[G] I am leaving, [F] I am leaving, but the fire [C] still [G] remains
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_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] La la la, _ [Em] la la la la, _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
[Am] [G] la la la la la _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] la la la [A] _
[G] la la _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] la la la la
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