Simon And Garfunkel - The Boxer Chords

Intro: B0
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B1                                               G#m2
1I am just a poor boy, though my story is seldom told.
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2I have squandered my resistance,
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3For a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises.
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4All lies and jest;
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5Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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8When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy,
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9In the company of strangers,
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10In the quiet of the railway station, runnin' scared.
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11Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters,
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12Where the ragged people go.
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13Lookin' for the places, only they would know.
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       G#m30
16Lie-la-lie
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17Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
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18Lie la lie
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19Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
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       B35                                         G#m36
22Asking only workman's wages I come lookin' for a job,
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23But I get no offers,
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24Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
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25I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome,
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26I took some comfort there.
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Interlude: B49 G#m50 F#51 B52 G#m53 F#54 E55 B56
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29Lie-la-lie
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30Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
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31Lie la lie
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32Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
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35And I m laying out my winter clothes, and wishing I was gone, goin home
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36Where the New York City winters aren t bleedin me, leadin me  goin home.
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39In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade,
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40And he carries the reminders, of every glove that laid him down,
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41Or cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame,
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42"I am leaving, I am leaving."
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43But the fighter still remains
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45Outro:
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46Lie-la-lie
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47Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
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48Lie la lie
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49Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 10x
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F#89                                      B90
51Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie