Chords for The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

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I'm just a poor boy though my story's seldom [C#] told
[B] I've squandered my resistance And I'm barking for a little long, though
such [E] are promises _ _ All [C#] eyes on just to [B] steal the man here
Is [A] what he wants to hear And he disregards the rest
[B] _ _
_ _ _ When _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I left my home and family I was no more [C#m] than a boy
[B] In the company of strangers The quiet of the railway [E] station running scared
_ _ [C#] Laying low [B] seeking out the [A] poorer quarters Where the ragged people go
[B] Looking for the [A] places only they [E] would know
[C#m] La la la, _ [G#m] la la la la la la la [C#m] la la la [B] la la la la la la la [E] la la la la la la la la _ _ _ _ _
Seeking only workman's wages Looking [C#m] for a job but [B] I get no offers
Should I come on from the horizon, [E]
seventh avenue?
_ _ I [C#m] do declare [B] there were times I [A] was so lonesome That I took some comfort [B] there
La la la
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Now the years are rolling by They're rocking [C#m] evenly
[B] I'm older than I once was And younger than I'll be
That's [E] not unusual
It _ _ [C#m] isn't strange, [B] of the changes [A] upon changes We are more or less the same
[B] Of the changes we [A] are more or less [E] the same
_ [B] La [C#m] la la, _ la [G#m] la la la la la la [C#m] la la la la la [F#] la la la la la [E] la la la la _ la la
Now I'm laying out my winter clothes Wishing [F#] I [C#m] was gone
But going [B] home _ _ Where the New York City winters
They [E] aren't breeding me _ _ [G#m] Breeding me
[C#m] _ _ Just going [B] home _ _
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_ _ _ _ In the clearing stands the boxer Followed by [C#m] his trade
And [B] he's holding the remainders Of every glove that laid him down
[E] Or cut him till he cried out [B] His anger and his shame
I'm leaving, [A] I'm leaving But the fighter still remains
[B] I am leaving [A] but the fighter [E] still remains
_ La [C#m] la la, _ la [G#m] la la la la la la [C#m] la la _ [B] la la la la la la la [C#m] la la la [G#m] la la la la la la la la la [B] la la la la la la la la la [E] la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la _ _ _ _
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