The Boxer Chords – Simon & Garfunkel

Intro

C

Verse 1

C                                       C/B    Am
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
       G
I have squandered my resistance
      G7           G6               C
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
    C/B      Am           G                 F
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
                   C   G F G C
And disregards the rest

       C                                     C/B    Am
When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
       G
In the company of strangers
       G7         G6              C
In the quiet of a railway station running scared
C/B    Am          G              F                                C
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
        G              F    G          C
Looking for the places only they would know

Refrain

Am
Lie-la-lie
Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           C
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Verse 2

       C                                  C/B   Am
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
             G
But I get no offers
       G7               G6                C
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
  C/B Am                 G                F                               C
I do  declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there
G                   C
La-la-la-la-la-la-la

Interlude

C C C/B Am G7 G7
C    C C/B Am G7
(2/4)
F    C G7 F C
(2/4)

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Extra verse in live versions

        C                                         C/B   Am
Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking evenly
         G
And I am older than I once was
    G7                G6             C
And younger than I'll be, that's not unusual
       C/B   Am             G            F                               C
No, it isn't strange, after changes upon changes we are more or less the same
      G              F                C
After changes we are more or less the same

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Refrain

Am
Lie-la-lie
Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           C
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Verse 3

         C                                        C/B   Am
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
      G              G7            G6             C
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Em      Am
Leading me-e
      G7  C
Going home

       C                                     C/B    Am
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
       G
And he carries the reminders
   G7               G6               C
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out
             C/B     Am
In his anger and his shame
      G             F                               C
"I am leaving, I am leaving." but the fighter still remains
        G F G C
Hm, hm, hm

Refrain

Am
Lie-la-lie
Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           Am
                                 [  ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Am              Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           Am
                                 [  ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Am              Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           Am
                                 [  ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Am              Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           Am
                                 [  ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Am              Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           Am
                                 [  ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Am              Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           Am
                                 [  ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Am              Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           Am
                                 [  ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Am              Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
       Am
Lie la lie
       G                           C
                                 [  ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

Outro

C C C/B Am G G
C    C C/B Am G7
(2/4)
F    C G7 F C C
(2/4)