The Boxer Chords by Simon & Garfunkel

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I am just a poor boy, though my [Gb] [Abm] story's seldom told, I [Gb] squandered my resistance for a pocket
full of mumbles such [B] are promises.
_ _ [Gb] All [Abm] lies and jests, [Gb] still the man [E] hears what he wants to hear and [B] disregards the rest.
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When I left my home and my family, I was [Gb] no more [Abm] than a boy [Gb] in the company of strangers,
in the quiet of the railway station, [B] running scared.
_ _ [Gb] [Abm] They know, seeking [Gb] out the poor [E] quarters where the ragged people [B]
go, [Gb] looking for the [E] places
only [B] they would know. _
[Abm] Lie, lie, lie, _ [Ebm] lie, lie, lie, lie, [Abm] lie, lie, _ lie, [Gb] lie, lie, lie, lie, [B] lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie. _ _ _ _
_ Asking only workers' wages, I come [Gb] looking [Abm] for a job but I get [Gb] no offers,
_ just to come home from the whores on [B] Seventh Avenue.
_ _ [Gb] I do [Abm] declare [Gb] there were times when [E] I was so lonesome I took some comfort [B] there.
Lie, lie, [Gb] lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, _
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[E] _ [B] _ _ _ lie, [Abm] _
lie, [Ebm] lie, lie, lie, [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, [B] _
lie.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [B] Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and [Gb] wishing [Abm] I was gone, [Gb] going home,
_ Where the New York City winters [B] are a-gleadin' me
[Ebm] _ Leavin' [Abm] me _ _ [Gb] Goin' home _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ In the clearing stands a boxer and a [Gb] fighter
[Abm] By his trade [Gb] and he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him [B] down or cut him to the cry out
In [Gb] his anger and his [Abm] shame I [Gb] am leaving, I [E] am leaving
But the fighter [Gb] still remains
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La la [Abm] la
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