The Boxer [C] - Simon and Garfunkel Verse 1: [C] I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom [Am] told I have [G] squandered my resistance For a [G7] pocket full of mumbles such are [C] promises All lies and [Am] jests still a [G] man hears what he [F] wants to hear And disregards the [C] rest Hm[G7]mmmm [C] When I [C] left my home and my family I was no more than a [Am] boy In the [G] company of strangers In the [G7] quiet of the railway station [C] running scared Laying [Am] low seeking [G] out the poorer [F] quarters Where the ragged people [C] go Looking [G] for the places [F] only [Em] they [Dm] would [C] know |Refrain: |Lie la [Am] lie |Lie la [G] lie la lie lie lie |Lie la [Am] lie |Lie la [F] lie la la la [G] la la la la la [C] lie Verse 2: [C] Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a [Am] job But I get no [G] offers, Just a [G7] come-on from the whores on Seventh [C] Avenue I do de[Am]-clare there were [G] times when I was [F] so lonesome I took some comfort [C] there la-la [G] la la la la [C] Refrain: Verse 3: [C] Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was [Am] gone Going [G] home, where the New York City winters aren't [C] bleeding me [Em] Bleeding me [Am] going [G] home [C] In the [C] clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his [Am] trade And he [G] carries the reminders Of [G7] ev'ry glove that laid him down or [C] cut him till he cried out In his anger and his [Am] shame I am [G] leaving I am [F] leaving But the fighter still re[C]mains mmm [G7] mmmm [C] |Refrain: |Lie la [Am] lie |Lie la [G] lie la lie lie lie |Lie la [Am] lie |Lie la [F] lie la la la [G]la la la la la [C] lie