Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer - Bass Cover

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_ _ I am just a poor boy, though my [Bbm] story is [Abm] seldom told
[Gb] I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles, [B] such are promises _ _
All lies [Abm] and jests, still [Gb] the man hears [E] what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
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_ When I left my home and my family, I was no more than [Abm] a boy in [Gb] the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway [B] station, red and scared _ _
[Ab] Lame, though, [Gb] seeking out the poor [E] quarters where the ragged people [B] go
Looking [Gb] for the places [E] only they [B] would know
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_ _ _ Asking only workers' wages, I come [Gb] looking for a [Abm] job, but I get no offers
Just to come home from the whores on [B] 7th Avenue _
_ I do [Ebm] declare there [Gb] were times when [E] I was so lonesome I took some [B] comfort there
La la la [Gb] la la la la _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ la [Abm] la la la la la [Eb] la la la la la _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ la la [B] la la la la la la la la la _ _ _ _ _
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [Gb] and wishing I was [Ebm] gone going home
Where the New York City winters [B] aren't bleeding me,
_ Leaving _
[Abm] _ me, going [Gb] home. _
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_ In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter,
By [Abm] his trade, [Gb] and he carries the reminders,
Of every glove that laid him down,
[B] Or cup tainted, he cried out,
In his [Bbm] anger and his shame,
[Db] I am leaving, [E] I am leaving,
But [Db] the fighter still [Gb] remains here.
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[B] _ _ [Abm] La la lai, _ la la [Ebm] la la lai la lai,
[Ab] La la lai, _ [Db] la la la la lai la lai,
[Abm] _ _ _ La la [Eb] lai, la la la lai la lai,
La la lai, _ la la [Gb] la lai la lai,
_ _ _ La la [Ebm] lai, la la la lai la lai,
[Abm] La la lai, _ _ _ _ _ la la lai la lai la lai,
La la lai, la la [Ebm] lai la lai la lai,
[Abm] La la lai, _ la la lai _ _ _ _ la lai lai,
La la [Ebm] lai, _ [Ab] _ _ _ la la lai la lai la lai,
_ [Abm] _ _ _ La la [Ebm] lai, la la _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
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[Ebm] _ lai la lai la lai, _ _ _
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