Chords for The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel cover) - Mike Masse and Sterling Cottam

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_ _ _ I am just a poor boy, though my [Gb] story's [Abm] seldom told
[Gb] I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles, [B] such are promises _ _
[Gb] All [Abm] eyes and chests, [Gb] still a man hears [E] what he wants to hear
And [B] disregards the rest
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_ [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 the railway [B] station running scared
_ _ [Gb] [Abm] Laying low, [Gb] seeking out the [E] poorer quarters where the [B] ragged people go
[Gb] Looking for the [E] places only [B] they would know _
[Abm] Lie, lie, lie, _ [Ebm] lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, [Abm] lie, lie, [Gb] lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, [B] lie, lie, lie, lie, _ _ _ _ _ lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
Asking only workmen's wages I come [Gb] looking [Abm] for a job but I get [Gb] no offers
Wish to come on from the whores on [B] 7th Avenue
_ _ I do [Abm] declare there [Gb] were times when I [E] was so lonesome I took [B] some comfort there
[Gb] Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Gb] _ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] lie
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La [Ebm] la la la la la la [Abm] la la _ [Gb] la la la la _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [Abm] I was gone, going [Gb] home
Where the New York City [B] winters aren't bleeding me, [Ebm] _ bleeding _ [Abm] me, _ [Gb] going home _ _ _ _ _
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In the clearing stands a boxer and a [Gb] fighter [Abm] by his trade, [Gb] and he carries the reminders
Of every love that laid him [B] down or touched him till he cried out in his anger and [Abm] his shame
[Gb] I am leaving, [B] I am [E] leaving, but the [B] fighter still remains
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La [Abm] la la la la [Ebm] la la la la [Abm] la _ la [Gb] la la la la la [Abm] _ _ la [Ebm] la la la _
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_ [Abm] _ Hey _ [Ebm] _ _ _
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[Abm] YouTube Friends, thanks for watching the Boxer I hope you enjoyed [Ebm] it, it's such a great song
I had a lot of fun recording it with [Abm] Sterling and he was killing it on those high [E] harmonies
Sterling [Gb] and I used to have an acoustic duo together where we performed this [Abm] song, so it was fun to revive it.
That [Ebm] duo expanded to a band eventually, but the first person we brought in [Abm] was a bass player, and his name is Jeff Hall.
That song was the winner of our March Madness Song Tournament, where people were voting on Facebook to decide which song we covered next.
[Ebm] So there you go!
If you enjoyed our version, you can [Abm] buy it here from Louder, or here from [Bb] iTunes.
It's best [Gb] if you buy it from Louder, because more of the money goes [B] to support independent artists like us.
If you want to see more Simon & Garfunkel from [Abm] Sterling and I, you can click here to [Gb] watch our Scarborough Fair video,
or you can watch my Sound of Silence video with Jeff Hall here.
So stay [B] tuned!
This is going to be a big year for me and my music.
A lot of exciting things happening later this year.
There's going to be a lot more [Gb] videos too, don't worry.
You can follow [E] me on Facebook [B] or Twitter, and don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel [Gb] as well.
And thanks [E] again for watching!
See you soon!
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