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The Boxer [C] Simon and Garfunkel [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 [Am] All lies and 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 [Dm7] quiet of the [C] railway station running scared [Am] Laying 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 Lie la [Am] lie Lie la [G] lie la lie lie lie Lie la [Am] lie [G] Lie la lie la la la la[F] la la la [G] la [C] lie [C] Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a [Am] job But I get no [G] offers, Just a [Dm7] come-on from the [C] whores on Seventh Avenue [C] I do de[Am]clare there were [Dm7] times when [G] I was [F] so lonesome I took some comfort [C] there la-la [G] la la la la [C] Lie la [Am] lie Lie la [G] lie la lie lie lie Lie la [Am] lie [G] Lie la lie la la la la[F] la la la [G] la [C] lie [C] Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [G7] and [C] wishing I was [Am] gone Going [G] home, where the [Dm7] New York [G7] City winters are[G]n't [C] bleeding me Bleeding me [Am] going [G] home 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 [C] laid him down or cut him [Dm7] till he [G7] 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[G]mmmm [C] [G] [F] [C] Lie la [Am] lie Lie la [G] lie la lie lie lie Lie la [Am] lie [G] Lie la lie la la la la [F] la la la [G] la [Am] lie