Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (Live at Carnegie Hall, NYC, NY - November 27, 1969 - Audio)
Tempo:
87.9 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
C
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm]
[C]
I'm just a poor boy, though my [Am] story's seldom [G] told
I squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles
Such are [C] promises, [Am] all lies and [G] jests
Still a man hears what [F] he wants to hear and [C] disregards the rest [G] Mmm-hmm
[C]
When I left my home and my family
I was no more [Am] than a boy [G] in the company of strangers
In the quiet of a railway [C] station, running scared
[A] Laying low, [G] seeking out the [F] poorer quarters where the ragged [A] people go
[G] Looking for the [F] places only they [C] would know
La [Am] la lai, la [Em] la la la la lai
[Am]
[A] [G] [C]
[G] [C] Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for [Am] a job but I get [G] no offer
Just to come on from the whores on [C] 7th Avenue
I do [Am] declare there [D] were times when I [F] was so lonesome I took some [Am] comfort there
La [G] la lai, la la la la lai
[C]
And the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Am] evenly
I [G] am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, [C] that's not unusual
[A] It isn't strange, after [G] changes upon [F] changes we are more or less the same
[G] After changes, we are [Dm] more or less the [C] same
La la [Am] lai, la la [Em] la la lai
[Am] La la lai, la la [G] la lai
[C] Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [D] and wishing I was [Am] gone, going [G] home
Where the New York City winters [C] aren't bleeding me
[Em] Leading [Am] me to [G] going home
[C]
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by [Am] his trade
And [G] he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
[C] Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and [Am] his shame
I [G] am leaving, I [F] am leaving, but the fighter still remains
[G]
[F] [C] La [Am] la lai, [Em] la la la lai
[B]
[Am] [Em] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[G] La la [C] lai, la la lai
[B] [N]
[C]
I'm just a poor boy, though my [Am] story's seldom [G] told
I squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles
Such are [C] promises, [Am] all lies and [G] jests
Still a man hears what [F] he wants to hear and [C] disregards the rest [G] Mmm-hmm
[C]
When I left my home and my family
I was no more [Am] than a boy [G] in the company of strangers
In the quiet of a railway [C] station, running scared
[A] Laying low, [G] seeking out the [F] poorer quarters where the ragged [A] people go
[G] Looking for the [F] places only they [C] would know
La [Am] la lai, la [Em] la la la la lai
[Am]
[A] [G] [C]
[G] [C] Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for [Am] a job but I get [G] no offer
Just to come on from the whores on [C] 7th Avenue
I do [Am] declare there [D] were times when I [F] was so lonesome I took some [Am] comfort there
La [G] la lai, la la la la lai
[C]
And the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Am] evenly
I [G] am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, [C] that's not unusual
[A] It isn't strange, after [G] changes upon [F] changes we are more or less the same
[G] After changes, we are [Dm] more or less the [C] same
La la [Am] lai, la la [Em] la la lai
[Am] La la lai, la la [G] la lai
[C] Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [D] and wishing I was [Am] gone, going [G] home
Where the New York City winters [C] aren't bleeding me
[Em] Leading [Am] me to [G] going home
[C]
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by [Am] his trade
And [G] he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
[C] Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and [Am] his shame
I [G] am leaving, I [F] am leaving, but the fighter still remains
[G]
[F] [C] La [Am] la lai, [Em] la la la lai
[B]
[Am] [Em] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[G] La la [C] lai, la la lai
[B] [N]
Key:
Am
G
C
F
Em
Am
G
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm just a poor boy, though my [Am] story's seldom [G] told
I squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles
Such are [C] promises, _ _ _ [Am] all lies and [G] jests
Still a man hears what [F] he wants to hear and [C] disregards the rest [G] Mmm-hmm
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When I left my home and my family
I was no more [Am] than a boy [G] in the company of strangers
In the quiet of a railway [C] station, running scared
_ _ [A] Laying low, [G] seeking out the [F] poorer quarters where the ragged [A] people go
[G] Looking for the [F] places only they [C] would know
La [Am] la lai, la [Em] la la la la lai
[Am] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for [Am] a job but I get [G] no offer
_ Just to come on from the whores on [C] 7th Avenue
_ _ I do [Am] declare there [D] were times when I [F] was so lonesome I took some [Am] comfort there
La [G] la lai, la la la la lai
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ And the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Am] evenly
I [G] am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, [C] that's not unusual _ _
[A] It isn't strange, after [G] changes upon [F] changes we are more or less the same
[G] After changes, we are [Dm] more or less the [C] same
_ La la [Am] lai, _ la la [Em] la la lai
[Am] La la lai, _ la la [G] la lai
_ _ [C] _ Then _ _ _ I'm laying out my winter clothes [D] and wishing I was [Am] gone, going [G] home
Where the New York City winters [C] aren't bleeding me
_ [Em] _ Leading [Am] me _ to [G] going home
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by [Am] his trade
And [G] he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
[C] Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and [Am] his shame
I [G] am leaving, I [F] am leaving, but the fighter still remains
[G] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ La [Am] la lai, _ [Em] la la la lai
_ _ [B] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ La la [C] lai, la la lai _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm just a poor boy, though my [Am] story's seldom [G] told
I squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles
Such are [C] promises, _ _ _ [Am] all lies and [G] jests
Still a man hears what [F] he wants to hear and [C] disregards the rest [G] Mmm-hmm
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When I left my home and my family
I was no more [Am] than a boy [G] in the company of strangers
In the quiet of a railway [C] station, running scared
_ _ [A] Laying low, [G] seeking out the [F] poorer quarters where the ragged [A] people go
[G] Looking for the [F] places only they [C] would know
La [Am] la lai, la [Em] la la la la lai
[Am] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for [Am] a job but I get [G] no offer
_ Just to come on from the whores on [C] 7th Avenue
_ _ I do [Am] declare there [D] were times when I [F] was so lonesome I took some [Am] comfort there
La [G] la lai, la la la la lai
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ And the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Am] evenly
I [G] am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, [C] that's not unusual _ _
[A] It isn't strange, after [G] changes upon [F] changes we are more or less the same
[G] After changes, we are [Dm] more or less the [C] same
_ La la [Am] lai, _ la la [Em] la la lai
[Am] La la lai, _ la la [G] la lai
_ _ [C] _ Then _ _ _ I'm laying out my winter clothes [D] and wishing I was [Am] gone, going [G] home
Where the New York City winters [C] aren't bleeding me
_ [Em] _ Leading [Am] me _ to [G] going home
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by [Am] his trade
And [G] he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
[C] Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and [Am] his shame
I [G] am leaving, I [F] am leaving, but the fighter still remains
[G] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ La [Am] la lai, _ [Em] la la la lai
_ _ [B] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ La la [C] lai, la la lai _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _