Chords for The Boxer Sound of Silence

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[F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ I am just a poor boy, though my [B] [Dm] story's sound and told
I [G] have squandered my resistance for a bucket full of mambo
Such [F] I promise it All [Dm] lies and deaths, [C] dear man
[Bb] Here's what he wants to hear and [F] disregards the rest _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I left my home and my family I was no [Dm] more than a [C] boy
In the company of strangers The quiet of the railway [F] station running scared
_ _ [Dm] Laying low, [C] seeking out [Bb] the barbed wires Where the ragged [F] people go
[C] Looking for the [Bb] places only [F] they know
_ [Dm] La da da, _ [Am] la da da da da da da da, [Dm] la da da _
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_ _ _ _ Asking only workman's wages I've been looking [Dm] for a job but I [C] get no offers
So come on from the whores on [F] 7th Avenue
_ I [Dm] do declare [C] there were times when [Bb] I was so lonesome I took some [F] comfort there [C] Ooh _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ La [Dm] da da, _ la [Am] da da da da da da da, la [Dm] da da
_ La [C] da da, _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ la [Am] da da da da da da da, la [Dm] da da
_ La [C] la la
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_ As I lay down my winter clothes Wishing I [Dm] was home, going [C] home
_ Where the new city winters are leading me _ _
[Am] Leading _ [Dm] _ me
Going [C] _
home
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_ _ _ _ In the clearing stands a busser And a fighter [Dm] by his crate
And [C] he carries the reminders Of every love that's laid him [F] down
Or caught him to the cry of In his anger [D] and his shame
[C] I am leaving, [Bb] I am leaving But the fighter [F] still rings [C] Mm
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_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] La da da, _ _ [Am] la da da da da da [D] da da, [Dm] _ _
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la da da
La [Am] da da, la da da da da da da da, la [Dm] da da _
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La [Am] da da, _ la da da da da [Dm] da da da, _ _
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_ la da da
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _
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