The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

INTRO: G/g  G/d  G/e  G/f   C          C    

VERSE 1
C                              C      G/B      Am
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
G                         G6
I have squandered my resistance
     G7               G                 C
For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises
    G/B      Am            G                 F
All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear
                   C       G    G/d   G6  G7  C
And disregards the rest  m m m m ..

VERSE 2
C                                           G/B         Am
When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
         G             G6
In the company of strangers
G7                G                C
In the quiet of a railway station, running scared
 G/B    Am           G              F
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
                        C
Where the ragged people go
    G           G6      G7             C
Looking for the places only they would know

CHORUS:
    Am     Am    Em    Em    Am    Am    G    G    C    C
Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie

VERSE 3
C                                      G/B        Am
Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job
             G       G6
But I get no offers
          G7             G                 C
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
  G/B   Am                G                F
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
                    C
I took some comfort there
G               G6  G7     C
Lie lie lie lie la

VERSE 4
  C                                        G/B           Am
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
  G            G6            G7                        C
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Em           Am          G     G6      G7        C
Leading meeeeeeeeee to going home.

VERSE 5
C                                   C    G/B         Am
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
       G           G6          G7
And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down
   C                                     G/B       Am
Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
  G              F
I am leaving, I am leaving
                     C
But the fighter still remains
   G   G6   G7    C
M m m m...

CHORUS/OUT-TRO:
Am     Am    Em    Em    Am    Am    G    G    C    C
Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie 
Lie la lie Lie la lie..etc