Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer // Cynthia Lin Ukulele Play-Along
Tempo:
84.575 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
D
C
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] La la lai la [A] [Bm] la la la lai la [Em] la lai [C] la la lai la [Bm] la la lai la la lai
[G]
one and a two and a one and a two
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom [Em] told
I [D] have squandered my resistance
for a pocket full of mammals [G] such are promised
All [Em] lies and jests, [D] still a man hears [C] what he wants to hear and disregards [G] the rest.
[D] [G]
When I left my home and my family, I was no more [Em] than a boy [D] in the company of strangers
in the quiet of the railway station [G] running scared.
[Em] Laying low, seeking [D] out the poorer [C] quarters where the ragged people [G] go,
[D] looking for the [C] places only they [G] would know.
La [Em] la lai, la [Bm] la lai la lai la lai, la [Em] la lai, [C] la la lai lai [Bm] [G]
la lai.
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking [Em] for a job but I get [D] no offers.
Just a come on from the whores on [G] 7th Avenue.
I [Em] do declare, [D] there were times when [C] I was so lonesome I took some [G] comfort there.
La [D] la lai.
[G]
Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Em] evenly.
[D] I am older than I once was and younger than I'll be, that's [G] not unusual.
No it [Em] isn't [C] strange, [D] after changes, upon [C]
changes, we are more or less [G] the same.
[D] After changes we [C] are more or less [G] the same.
[Em] La la lai, [Bm] la la lai la lai la lai, [Em] la la lai,
[C] la la lai [Bm] lai la lai.
[G]
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, [D] going home.
Where the New York City winters [G] aren't leading me, [Bm] leading [Em] me [D] to going home.
[G]
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter [Em] by his train.
[D] And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him [G] down or cut him too.
He cried out in his anger and [Em] his shame, [D] I am leaving, I [C] am leaving.
But the fighter still [G] remains, [D] yes he still remains.
[C]
[G] [Em] La la lai, [Bm] la la lai la lai la lai, [Em] la la lai, [C] la la lai [D] lai la [Em] lai.
[Bm] La la lai, la la lai la [Em] lai la lai, [C] la la lai.
[G]
[D] [G]
[C]
Blackbirds singing in the dead of night, [F]
take [D] these broken [G] wings [Am] and learn to [Ab] fly.
[Am] All [F] your [Fm] life, [C] you were [Am] only
[G]
one and a two and a one and a two
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom [Em] told
I [D] have squandered my resistance
for a pocket full of mammals [G] such are promised
All [Em] lies and jests, [D] still a man hears [C] what he wants to hear and disregards [G] the rest.
[D] [G]
When I left my home and my family, I was no more [Em] than a boy [D] in the company of strangers
in the quiet of the railway station [G] running scared.
[Em] Laying low, seeking [D] out the poorer [C] quarters where the ragged people [G] go,
[D] looking for the [C] places only they [G] would know.
La [Em] la lai, la [Bm] la lai la lai la lai, la [Em] la lai, [C] la la lai lai [Bm] [G]
la lai.
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking [Em] for a job but I get [D] no offers.
Just a come on from the whores on [G] 7th Avenue.
I [Em] do declare, [D] there were times when [C] I was so lonesome I took some [G] comfort there.
La [D] la lai.
[G]
Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Em] evenly.
[D] I am older than I once was and younger than I'll be, that's [G] not unusual.
No it [Em] isn't [C] strange, [D] after changes, upon [C]
changes, we are more or less [G] the same.
[D] After changes we [C] are more or less [G] the same.
[Em] La la lai, [Bm] la la lai la lai la lai, [Em] la la lai,
[C] la la lai [Bm] lai la lai.
[G]
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, [D] going home.
Where the New York City winters [G] aren't leading me, [Bm] leading [Em] me [D] to going home.
[G]
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter [Em] by his train.
[D] And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him [G] down or cut him too.
He cried out in his anger and [Em] his shame, [D] I am leaving, I [C] am leaving.
But the fighter still [G] remains, [D] yes he still remains.
[C]
[G] [Em] La la lai, [Bm] la la lai la lai la lai, [Em] la la lai, [C] la la lai [D] lai la [Em] lai.
[Bm] La la lai, la la lai la [Em] lai la lai, [C] la la lai.
[G]
[D] [G]
[C]
Blackbirds singing in the dead of night, [F]
take [D] these broken [G] wings [Am] and learn to [Ab] fly.
[Am] All [F] your [Fm] life, [C] you were [Am] only
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[Em] La la lai la [A] [Bm] la la la lai la [Em] la lai [C] la la lai la [Bm] la la lai la la lai
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ one and a two and a one and a two _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom [Em] told
I [D] have squandered my resistance
for a pocket full of mammals [G] such are promised
_ _ All [Em] lies and jests, [D] still a man hears [C] what he wants to hear and disregards [G] the rest. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
When _ _ _ _ I left my home and my family, I was no more [Em] than a boy [D] in the company of strangers
in the quiet of the railway station [G] running scared.
_ _ _ [Em] Laying low, seeking [D] out the poorer [C] quarters where the ragged people [G] go,
[D] looking for the [C] places only they [G] would know.
La [Em] la lai, la [Bm] la lai la lai la lai, la [Em] la lai, _ [C] la la lai lai [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ la lai.
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking [Em] for a job but I get [D] no offers.
_ Just a come on from the whores on [G] 7th Avenue.
_ _ I [Em] do declare, [D] there were times when [C] I was so lonesome I took some [G] comfort there.
La [D] la lai.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Em] evenly.
[D] I am older than I once was and younger than I'll be, that's [G] not unusual. _
_ No it [Em] isn't [C] strange, [D] after changes, upon [C]
changes, we are more or less [G] the same.
[D] After changes we [C] are more or less [G] the same.
[Em] La la lai, _ [Bm] la la lai la lai la lai, [Em] la la lai, _
[C] la la lai [Bm] lai la lai.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, [D] going home. _
Where the New York City winters [G] aren't leading me, _ [Bm] _ leading [Em] me _ [D] to going home.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter [Em] by his train.
[D] And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him [G] down or cut him too.
He cried out in his anger and [Em] his shame, [D] I am leaving, I [C] am leaving.
But the fighter still [G] remains, [D] yes he still remains.
[C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] La la lai, [Bm] la la lai la lai la lai, [Em] la la lai, _ [C] la la lai [D] lai la [Em] lai. _ _
[Bm] La la lai, la la lai la [Em] lai la lai, [C] la la lai.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Blackbirds singing in the dead of night, _ [F]
take [D] these broken [G] wings [Am] and learn to [Ab] fly.
[Am] All [F] your [Fm] life, [C] you were [Am] only
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ one and a two and a one and a two _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom [Em] told
I [D] have squandered my resistance
for a pocket full of mammals [G] such are promised
_ _ All [Em] lies and jests, [D] still a man hears [C] what he wants to hear and disregards [G] the rest. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
When _ _ _ _ I left my home and my family, I was no more [Em] than a boy [D] in the company of strangers
in the quiet of the railway station [G] running scared.
_ _ _ [Em] Laying low, seeking [D] out the poorer [C] quarters where the ragged people [G] go,
[D] looking for the [C] places only they [G] would know.
La [Em] la lai, la [Bm] la lai la lai la lai, la [Em] la lai, _ [C] la la lai lai [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ la lai.
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking [Em] for a job but I get [D] no offers.
_ Just a come on from the whores on [G] 7th Avenue.
_ _ I [Em] do declare, [D] there were times when [C] I was so lonesome I took some [G] comfort there.
La [D] la lai.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Em] evenly.
[D] I am older than I once was and younger than I'll be, that's [G] not unusual. _
_ No it [Em] isn't [C] strange, [D] after changes, upon [C]
changes, we are more or less [G] the same.
[D] After changes we [C] are more or less [G] the same.
[Em] La la lai, _ [Bm] la la lai la lai la lai, [Em] la la lai, _
[C] la la lai [Bm] lai la lai.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, [D] going home. _
Where the New York City winters [G] aren't leading me, _ [Bm] _ leading [Em] me _ [D] to going home.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter [Em] by his train.
[D] And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him [G] down or cut him too.
He cried out in his anger and [Em] his shame, [D] I am leaving, I [C] am leaving.
But the fighter still [G] remains, [D] yes he still remains.
[C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] La la lai, [Bm] la la lai la lai la lai, [Em] la la lai, _ [C] la la lai [D] lai la [Em] lai. _ _
[Bm] La la lai, la la lai la [Em] lai la lai, [C] la la lai.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Blackbirds singing in the dead of night, _ [F]
take [D] these broken [G] wings [Am] and learn to [Ab] fly.
[Am] All [F] your [Fm] life, [C] you were [Am] only