Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (1968) (Plus Lyrics) [HIGH QUALITY COVER VERSION]

_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
I am just a poor boy, though my [Abm] story's seldom told
[Gb] I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful [Ab] of my own
Such [B] are promises
_ All [Abm] lies and jests, [Gbm] till a man [E] hears what he wants to hear
And [B] disregards the rest
[Gb] _ Mmmmmmm
_ _ [Ab] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When I left my home and my family, I was no more [Abm] than a boy
[Gb] In the company of strangers, in the quiet of [Ab] the railway station
[B] Let them scare
_ _ _ [Abm] Lame though, [Gb] seeking out the [E] poorer quarters where the ragged [B] people go
[Ab] Looking for the places only [B] they will know _
[Abm] Lie, lie, lie
_ [Ebm] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
[Abm] Lie, lie, lie
[Gb] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Asking only what means wages, I've come [Abm] looking for a job but I get [Gb] no offers
_ Just come on from the words on [B] 7th Avenue
_ _ I do [Abm] declare there [Gb] were times when I [E] was so lonesome I took some [B] comforting
[Gb] Lie, lie, lie _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Abm] Lie, lie, lie
_ [Ebm] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
[Abm] Lie, lie, lie
Lie, [Gb] lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
[B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And I'm laying out now in the clothes and wishing [Abm] I was home [Gb] alone
Though _ the New York City winters are [B] impeding me
[Ebm] _
Bleeding _ [Abm] me
_ _ [Gb] Going home
_ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Here he stands, boxer and a fighter [Abm] by his trade
[Gb] And he carries the reminders of every glove that [Ab] laid him [B] down
Or cut him till he cried out in his anger [Abm] and his shame
[Gb] I am leaving, I [E] am leaving, but the fighter still remains
[Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Abm] Lie, lie, lie
_ [Ebm] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
[Abm] Lie, lie, lie
[Ab] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
_ [Abm] _ _ [Eb] Lie, lie, lie, lie, _ [Abm] _ _ lie, [Gb] lie
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, [Abm] lie
_ _ [Ebm] Lie, lie, lie, lie, _ [Abm] lie, lie, lie
_ [Gb] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
[Abm] _ _ _ [Ebm] Lie, lie, lie, lie, _ _ [Abm] _ _ lie, [Gb] _
lie
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [Ebm] Lie, lie, lie, lie, _ _ [Abm] _ _ lie, lie, lie
[Ab] Lie, lie, lie, lie, _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Ebm] lie, lie, lie
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Gb] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, [Ab] lie
_ [Abm] _ [Ebm] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
[Abm] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
[Gb] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ lie, lie _ _