Chords for Joan Baez & Paul Simon - The Boxer - Live 2016 NYC at 75th - Birthday Celebration

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[Em] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] Mmm, a poor boy, _ [G] stories [Am] seldom [G] told, squanders his resistance, for a [Em] pocketful of [G] mumbles
and [C] tell promises. _
_ [G] All lies [A] and [G] jest, still a man hears what [F] he wants to hear and [C] disregards [G] the rest.
_ _ Mmm, mmm.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When I left my home and my family, I was no [G] more [Am] than a [G] boy in the company of strangers,
in the quiet of a railway [C] station, running scared.
_ _ [G]
[Am] Laying low, [G] seeking out the [F] poorer quarters, where the ragged [C] people go, [G] looking for the
[C] places only they would know.
_ [Am] La la la la, _ [Em] la la la la la la la la [Am] la _ _ [G] la la la [Em] _ la [C] la la la la la _ _ _ _ _ la la la la la la
Asking only workman's wages, I [Em] come looking [Am] for a job, I [G] get no offers, _ just to come on
from the horizon, [C] South Avenue.
_ _ [G] I do [Am] declare, there [G] were times when I [F] was sort of sold, I took some [C] comfort [G] there.
La la la la, _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
now the years are rolling by, they are [G] rockin' [Am] easy, [G] and I am older than
I once [Em] was, [G] and younger than I'll be, but that's not [C] unusual.
_ _ _ [G] No, it isn't [Am] strange, [G] after changes, [F] all changes, we are more or less [C] the [Am] same, [G] after changes,
[C] we are more or less the same.
_ Sing la [Am] la la, la [Em] la la la la _ [Am] _
_ _ la [G] la la la _
[Am] _ _ [Em] la la la la la [Am] _ la la [G] la la la _ [C] la la la la _ _ _ _ _ la
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes, [G] wishing [Am] I was gone, [G] going home, _ where the New York
City winters [C] aren't leading me, _ [Em] _ leading _
[A] me, [Am] going [G] home.
_ [Em] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter [Am] by his [G] trade, and he carries the reminders
[Em] [G] of every beloved laid him [C] down, on cocktail, to be cried out, in his [Am] anger and his shame,
well [G] I'm leaving, [F] I'm leaving, but the fighter still [C] [Am] remains, [G] still remains.
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