Chords:
{t:Boxer, The - Alt}
{artist:Simon and Garfunkel}
{key:G}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x3HIymtr3I in B
{c: alternative version from Caren Park}
[G] I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom [Em] told, I have
[D] squandered my resistance for a [D7] pocket full of mumbles such are
[G] promises, [G] [Em] All lies and jest, still a
[D] man hears what he [C] wants to hear and disregards the [G] rest
[G] hmm [D] hmmm [D7] hmmm [G] hmmmm [G] x3
When I [G] left my home and my family, I was no more than a [Em] boy, in the
[D] company of strangers, in the [D7] quiet of the railway station
[G] running scared, [G] [Em] Laying low, seeking
[D] out the poorer [C] quarters where the ragged people [G] go, looking
[D] for the places [C] only they would [G] know
{c: Chorus #1}
[Em] Lie la lie, lie la [Bm] lie la lie la lie
Lie la [Em] lie, lie la [Am] lie la lie la [D] lie, la la lie la [G] lie [G] x3
Asking [G] only workman's wages, I come looking for a [Em] job, but I get no
[D] offers, just a [D7] come-on from the whores on Seventh
[G] Avenue, [G] [Em] I do declare, there were
[D] times when I was [C] so lonesome I took some comfort [G] there
[G] la la [D] la la la [D7] la la [G] hmmmm [G] x3
{c:Optional, slowly - this is where the instrumental verse plays on original}
Now the [G] years are rolling by me, they are rockin' even-[Em]ly, I am
[D] older than I once was, and [D7] younger than I'll be, that's not
un-[G]-usual, [G] [Em] No, it isn't strange, after
[D] changes upon [C] changes, we are more or less the [G] same, after
[D] changes we are [C] more or less the [G] same
{c:Chorus #1}
Then I'm [G] laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was [Em] gone, going
[D] home, where the [D7] New York City winters aren't
[G] bleeding me, [Bm] Leading ([Bm][Em] me) going
[D] home [D] ... [D7] hmmm [G] hmmmm [G] x3
In the [G] clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his [Em] trade, and he
[D] carries the reminders of [D7] every glove that laid him down, or
[G] cut him till he cried out in his anger and his [Em] shame, "I am
[D] leaving, I am [C] leaving", but the fighter still re-[G]mains,
[G] .. [D] ... [D7] hmmm [G] hmmmm [G] x3
{c:Chorus #2 starts}
[Em] Lie la lie, lie la [Bm] lie la lie la lie
Lie la [Em] lie, lie la [Am] lie la lie la [D] lie, la la lie la
{c:FYI: the original chorus does this next part six times :)}
[Em] Lie, lie la [Bm] lie la lie la lie
Lie la [Em] lie, lie la [Am] lie la lie la [D] lie, la la lie la
{c:and on the 8th and final iteration, we resolve}
[Em] Lie, lie la [Bm] lie la lie la lie
Lie la [Em] lie, lie la [Am] lie la lie la [D] lie, la la lie la [G] lie [G] x3
