The Boxer - Live 1969 (Simon & Garfunkel) Chords

Tempo:
87.15 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Am

Em

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Boxer - Live 1969 (Simon & Garfunkel) chords
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This will be in our new album, it's our last single called The Boxer.
[Gm]
[C]
[Gm]
[C]
[Am]
[G]
[C] [Am]
[G] [F] [C]
[G] [C]
I'm going to be singing this song with my family.
I was no more [Am] than a boy [G] in the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway [C] station running scared
Laying low, [G] seeking out for [F] four quarters
Where the ragged [C] people go
[G] Looking for the places only [C] they would know
[Am] Lai lai lai, lai la [Em] lai lai lai lai
[A] Lai lai lai, [Am] lai la [G] lai lai lai [C] lai lai lai
Asking only workman's wages
I'd come looking for a job but [G] I'd get no offers
Just to come on from the horizontal [C] seventh avenue
I do declare [G] there were times when I was [F] so lonesome I took some [C] comfort there
[G] [C]
And the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Am] evenly
[G] I am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual
It isn't [Am] strange, after changes upon [F] changes we are more or less [C] the same
After [G]
changes we [C] are more or less the same
La [A] la lai, [Am] la la la [Em] la lai la lai, la la lai, la la la la lai [G] la la lai la la [C]
lai
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [Am] I was gone
[G] Go home, where the New York City winters [C] aren't bleeding me
[Em] [Am] Bleeding me, go [G] home
[C]
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his tray
And he [G] carried the reminders [G] of every glum that laid him [C] down
Or cucked him till he cried out in his anger and his [Am] shame
I [G] am leaving, I [F] am leaving, but the [C] fighter still remains
La [Am] lai, la [Em] la la la lai la lai, [Am] la lai, la [D] la la lai [G] la lai la [A] lai [Am] la [Em]
[Am] [G]
[Em]
[Am] lai
[G] La lai, la la la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la la
[C] [N]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
Em
121
F
134211111
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
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Let's start jamming Simon & Garfunkel - (Live at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA - November 1969) The Boxer chords, practice the chord sequence F, C, G, C, Am, G, F, Am and G. For best results, commence at 44 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 88. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: E Minor.

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This will be in our new album, it's our last single called The Boxer.
[Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm going to be singing this song with my family.
I was no more [Am] than a boy [G] in the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway [C] station running scared
_ _ Laying low, [G] seeking out for [F] four quarters
Where the ragged [C] people go
[G] Looking for the places only [C] they would know
[Am] Lai lai lai, _ lai la [Em] lai lai lai lai
[A] Lai lai lai, [Am] _ lai la [G] lai lai lai [C] lai lai lai
_ _ _ _ _ Asking only workman's wages
I'd come looking for a job but [G] I'd get no offers
_ Just to come on from the horizontal [C] seventh avenue
_ _ I do declare [G] there were times when I was [F] so lonesome I took some [C] comfort there
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And the years are rolling by me, they are rocking [Am] evenly
[G] I am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual
_ _ _ It isn't [Am] strange, after changes upon [F] changes we are more or less [C] the same
After [G]
changes we [C] are more or less the same
_ La [A] la lai, [Am] la la la [Em] la lai la lai, la la lai, la la la la lai [G] la la lai la la [C]
lai
_ _ _ _ _ Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing [Am] I was gone
[G] Go home, where the New York City winters [C] aren't bleeding me
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] Bleeding me, _ go [G] home _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his tray
And he [G] carried the reminders [G] of every glum that laid him [C] down
Or cucked him till he cried out in his anger and his [Am] shame
I [G] am leaving, I [F] am leaving, but the [C] fighter still remains _ _ _ _ _ _
La [Am] lai, _ la [Em] la la la lai la lai, [Am] la lai, la [D] la la lai [G] la lai la [A] lai [Am] la _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ lai
_ [G] La lai, la la la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la lai la la
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

Facts about this song

This song was written by Ed Simons, Tim Burgess and Tom Rowlands.

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