The Boxer * - Simon and Garfunkel Intro: [G] [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] 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 Lie la [Em] lie..., lie la [D] lie la lie la lie Lie la [Em] lie..., lie la [Am] lie la lie la [D] lie, la la lie la [G] lie 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] Lie la [Em] lie..., lie la [D] lie la lie la lie Lie la [Em] lie..., lie la [Am] lie la lie la [D] lie, la la lie la [G] lie 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] 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] Lie la [Em] lie..., lie la [D] lie la lie la lie Lie la [Em] lie..., lie la [Am] lie la lie la [D] lie, la la lie la [Em] lie...., lie la [D] lie la lie la lie Lie la [Em] lie, lie la [Am] lie la lie la [D] lie, la la lie la [Em] lie..., lie la [D] lie la lie la lie Lie la [Em] lie..., lie la [Am] lie la lie la [D] lie, la la lie la [G/]