The Boxer - Lyrics - Simon & Garfunkel Chords

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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 pocketful of mumbles, such [B] are promises
_ _ All lies and [Gb] jests, still a man hears
[B] What he wants to hear, and disregards the rest
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When I left my home and my family
I was no [Ab] more than [Abm] a boy in [Gb] the company
Strangers in the quiet of the railway station
[B] Running scared, _ [Db] laying low
[Gb] Seeking out the poorer [E] quarters where the ragged people [B] go
Looking [Gb] for the places [E] only they [B] would know
_ [Abm] Lie lie lie, _ [Ebm] lie lie lie lie lie
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_ _ Asking only workers, wages
I've come looking for [Abm] a job but get [Gb] no offers
_ Just to come home from the whores on [B] 7th Avenue _ _
I [Abm] do declare [Gb] there were times when I was [E] so lonesome
I took some comfort [B] there
La la [Gb] la la la la la
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Abm] La la la
La la [Ebm] la la la la la la la
La la [Abm]
la
La la [Gb] la la la la la [B] la la la la la
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ Then [B] I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I [Abm] was home, going [Gb]
home
_ Where the New York City winters [B] are bleeding me
_ _ [Ebm] _ Leaving [Abm] me
_ _ [Gb] Go home _ _ _
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In the clearing stands a boxer and a [Bbm] fighter
[Abm] By his trade and he [Gb] carries the reminders
Of every glove that made him [B] down or cut him till he cried out
In [Bb] his anger and his [Abm] shame
I am [Gb] leaving, [E] I am leaving from the fire that [Gb] still remains
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La la [Abm] la
_ La [Bb] la la la la la [Ab] la la
La la la
_ La [Gb] la la la la la la la
[Abm] _ _ La la la [Eb] la la la la la
[Abm] La _ _ [Gb] la la la la la la la [Abm] la la
_ La [Ebm] la la la la la la la
La [Abm] la la
_ La [Gb] la la la la la la la
[Abm] _ _ La [Ebm] la la la la la la la [Abm] la
La [Gb] la la la la la _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
la la
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La [Ebm] la la la la la la la la
[Abm] _ _ La [Gb] la la la la la _ [Abm] _ _ la la la
La [Ebm] la la la la la la [Ab] la la
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La [Ebm] la la la la _ [Ab] _ _ la la la
La [Gb] la la la la la la la
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