The Boxer Simon & Garfunkel
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I am just a poor boy, though my story is seldom G#m
told.I have
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squandered my resistance,For a
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pocketful of mF#6
umbles, such are prB
omises.All lies and
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jest;Still, a
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man hears what he wE
ants to hear and disregards the rB
est.F#
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F#6
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When I
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left my home and my family I was no more than a G#m
boy,In the
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company of strangers,In the
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quiet of the rF#6
ailway station, ruB
nnin' scared.Laying
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low, seeking F#
out the poorer qE
uarters,Where the ragged people
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go.Lookin'
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for the places, oE
nly tF#
hey woF#7
uld knoB
w.Lie-la-
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lie la lie-la-lieLie la
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lie la la la la lie la la la la lB
ieAsking
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only workman's wages I come lookin' for a G#m
job,But I get no
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offers,Just a
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come-on from the wF#6
hores on Seventh AvB
enue.I do de
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clare there were F#
times when I was so lE
onesome,I took some comfort
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there.F#
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F#6
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Lie-la-
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lieLie-la-
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lie la lie-la-lieLie la
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lieLie-la-
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lie la la la la lie la la la la lB
ieAnd I m
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laying out my winter clothes, and wishing I was G#m
gone, goin F#
homeWhere the
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New York City wF#6
inters aren t blB
eedin me, leaD#m
din me goG#m
in home.F#
In the
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clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his G#m
trade,And he
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carries the reminders, of eF#7
very glove that laF#
id him down,Or
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cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his G#m
shame,"I am
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leaving, I am lE
eaving."But the fighter still re
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mainsF#
F#7
F#6
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lieLie-la-
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lie la lie-la-lieLie la
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lie la la la la lie la la la la lie x10F#
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