Chords for The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel ( Nato and Shy Cover )

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_ I am just a poor boy, though my story [Am] seldom told
I [G] have squandered my resistance
For a packet full of lambos, [C] such are promises
_ _ _ All [Am] I suggest, [G] till the man eats
[F] What he wants to eat, this [C] requires the rest
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_ _ _ _ When I left my home, my family
I was no more [Am] than a boy [G] in the company of strangers
At the quiet top of a railway [C] station, running scared _ _ _
_ [Am] Letting go, [G] seeking out the [F] poorer quarters
Where the ragged [C] people go
Looking [G] for the [F] places only [C] they would _ _
[Am] La la la, _ _ [Em] la la la la la la la
La [Am] la la, _ [G] la la la la la la la la [C] la la la
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Asking on the woman's way to strike
And looking [Am] for a job [G] that he could not offer
Just a camel from the forest on [C] 7th Avenue
_ _ _ I [Am] do declare, [G] there were times when [F] I was so lonesome
I took [C] some comfort in
[G] La la la, la la la la la _
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_ _ [F] _ la _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] la [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] la
La la la, _ _ la [Em] la la la la la la la la la
La [Am] la la, _ _ [G] la la la la la la la la [C] la la la _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And only seen I [Am] was gone, [G] going home
_ _ Where the New York City winters [C] I went beating
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_ _ _ [Am] Beating me, _ _ [G] going home _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ In the clear rain, stands the boxer and the fighter
[Am] I used to hate, [G] and the cameras told me my face
Over brick load that lead him [C] down, or got him to cry
And his anger [Am] and his shame
[G] I am leaving, [F] I am leaving, but the fighter [C] still remains
La [G] la la, la la la la la _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ la la la
La [Am] la la, _ _ [Em] la la la la la la la la [Am] la la _
_ _ La [G] la la, la la la la la la [Am] la la la
La _ _ [Em] la la, la la la la la [Am] la la la la [G] la
La la la, la la la la la [Am] la la la la la
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