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The Boxer by Paul Simon - Guitar Chords

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            Verse 1:


C
I am just a poor boy

                           Am
Though my story's seldom told,

        G
I have squandered my resistance

       G7                              C
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises.

              Am
All lies and jest,

         G                F
Still a man hears what he wants to hear

                   C     F  G  C
And disregards the rest.

Verse 2:


        C
When I left my home and my family

                      Am
I was no more than a boy

        G
In the company of strangers,

        G7                         C
In the quiet of a railway station running scared.

        Am           G              F
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters

                        C
Where the ragged people go

         G              F        G      C
Looking for the places only the would know.

Chorus


        Am          G
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,

        Am
Lie la lie,

       F         G                   C
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.

Verse 3:


        C
Asking only workmans wages

                      Am
I come looking for a job

               G
But I get no offers,

        G7                   G              C
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.

         Am               G               F
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome

                     C           G       F  G   C
I took some comfort there, la la la la la.


        Am          G
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,

        Am
Lie la lie,

       F         G                   C
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.

Verse 4:


     C
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes

                   Am
And wishing I was gone,

       G
Going home

           G7                           C
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,

Em           Am         G     C
Bleeding me ____ Going home.

Verse 5:


        C
In the clearing stands the boxer

                       Am
And a fighter by his trade

       G
And he carries the reminders

    G7
Of Every glove that layed him down

    C
Or cut him till he cried out

                       Am
In his anger and his shame,

      G             F
"I am leaving, I am leaving!"

                      C       G, F, G,  C
But the fighter still remains.

        Am          G
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,

        Am
Lie la lie,

       F         G                   C
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie. 
        

We also have 29 songs by Paul Simon

• 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
• American Tune
• April Come She Will
• Cecilia
• Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
• Duncan
• El Condor Pasa
• Father And Daughter
• Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
• Graceland
• Hearts And Bones
• I Know What I Know
• Kathys Song
• Kodachrome
• Late In The Evening
• Leaves That Are Green
• Loves Me Like A Rock
• Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
• Mother And Child Reunion
• Run That Body Down
• Slip Slidin Away
• Something So Right
• Still Crazy After All These Years
• The Boxer
• The Boy In The Bubble
• The Obvious Child
• Train In The Distance
• Under African Skies
• You Can Call Me Al

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