Artist: | Simon & Garfunkel (English) |
User: | gsmendoza |
Duration: | 308 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
Key: B
Capo: 2nd fret
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
A --- I am just a poor boy
A - F#m - Though my story's seldom told
E --- I have squandered my resistance
E --- For a pocket full of mumbles,
A --- such are promises
A - F#m - All lies and jests
E - D - Still a man hears what he wants to hear
D - And disregards the rest
A --- (1)...
A --- (2)...
A --- (3)...
A --- (4)...
[Verse 2]
A --- When I left my home and my family
A - F#m - I was no more than a boy
E --- In the company of strangers
E --- In the quiet of the railway station
A --- Running scared,
A - F#m - Laying low,
E - D - seeking out the poorer quarters
D - A - Where the ragged people go
A --- Looking for the places
A --- Only they would know
[Chorus]
F#m --- Lie la lie,
C#m --- lie la lie la lie la lie
F#m --- Lie la lie,
E --- lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
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[Verse 3]
A --- Asking only workman's wages
A - F#m - I come looking for a job
E --- But I get no offers
E --- Just a comeon from the whores
A --- On Seventh Avenue
A - F#m - I do declare
E - D - There were times when I was so lonesome
D - A - I took some comfort there,
A --- le le le le le le le le
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A - ..
[Solo]
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A - F#m - ....
E --- ....
E --- ....
A --- ....
A - F#m - ....
E - D - ....
D - A - ....
A --- ....
A --- ....
[Chorus]
F#m --- Lie la lie,
C#m --- lie la lie la lie la lie
F#m --- Lie la lie,
E --- lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
A --- ....
A --- ....
[Verse 4]
A --- Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
A - F#m - And wishing I was gone
E --- Going home
E --- Where the New York City winters
A --- Aren't bleeding me
C#m --- Leading me
F#m --- ....
E --- Going home
E --- ....
A --- ....
A - ..
[Verse 5]
A --- In the clearing stands a boxer
A - F#m - And a fighter by his trade
E --- And he carries the reminders
E --- Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
A --- Or cut him till he cried out
A - F#m - In his anger and his shame
E - D - "I am leaving, I am leaving"
D - A - But the fighter still remains,
E - D - mmm mmm
A --- ....
[Last Chorus]
F#m --- (1) Lie la lie,
C#m --- lie la lie la lie la lie
F#m --- Lie la lie,
E --- lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
F#m --- (2) Lie la lie,
C#m --- lie la lie la lie la lie
F#m --- Lie la lie,
E --- lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
F#m --- (3) Lie la lie,
C#m --- lie la lie la lie la lie
F#m --- Lie la lie,
E --- lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
F#m --- (4) Lie la lie,
C#m --- lie la lie la lie la lie
F#m --- Lie la lie,
E --- lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
F#m --- (5) Lie la lie,
C#m --- lie la lie la lie la lie
F#m --- Lie la lie,
E --- lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
F#m --- (6) Lie la lie,
C#m --- lie la lie la lie la lie
F#m --- Lie la lie,
E --- lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
F#m --- (7) Lie la lie,
C#m --- lie la lie la lie la lie
F#m --- Lie la lie,
E --- lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
F#m --- (8) Lie la lie,
C#m --- lie la lie la lie la lie
F#m --- Lie la lie,
E --- lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
[Outro]
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E - D - ....
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