Chords for Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer - Cover - Andrew and Kitch

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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom [Am] told
And I've [G] squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles
Such [G] are promises, _ _ _ all lies and [Am] jests Still the man hears [F] when he wants to hear
And [C] disregards the [Em] rest
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_ When _ _ _ I left my home and my family I was no more [Am] than a boy in the [G] company of
strangers In the quiets of the railway [E] station [C] running
scared _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] Laying low, [G] seeking out the [F] poor quarters
Where the ragged people go [Am] Looking [G] for the places [F] only they [C] would know
La [Am] la lai, _ la [Em] la la la la la lai La [Am] la lai, _ la [F] la la la [G] la la la la [C] lai _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Asking only workman's wages I come looking [A] for a job but I get no offers
_ Used to come on from the whores on [C] 7th Avenue _ _ I do [Am]
declare there were [G] times when I [F] was so
lonesome I took some comfort [Em] there
La la lai, la la la la _
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_ _ lai And I'm laying out my winter clothes and [G] wishing
[Am] I was gone Going [G] home
_ Where the New York City winters are in [C] leading me
_ [Em] _ _ Leading [Am] me
_ _ To going [G] home
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_ _ _ _ _ In the clearing stands a [G] boxer and a fighter by [Am] his trade
And he [G] carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
[C] Or cut him till he [G] cried out in his anger [Am] and his shame
I am [G] leaving, I am [F] leaving but the fighter [C] still remains
[G] He still remains
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ La la [Am] lai, _ _ [Bm] la la la la la lai La [Am] lai, _ la [F] la la la la la [G] la [C] lai _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now the years they're rolling by me They are rocking [Am] evenly
And I [G] am older than I once was And younger than I'll be
That's not [C] unusual
_ [Am] No it isn't strange After [A] changes upon changes
We are more or less the same [G] After changes
We are [F] more or less the [C] same
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lai, _ la la [Em] la la la lai La [Am] lai, _ la la [F] la la la la _ [Am] _ lai _ _ _
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