The Boxer chords by
Jerry Douglas
Paul Simon

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Key: C major•

Verse 1
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I am just a poor boy
G G 
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Am Am 
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Though my story's seldom told
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I have squandered my resistance
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For a pocket full of mumbles
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Such are promises
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All lies and jests
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Still a man hears what he
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wants to hear
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And disregards the rest

Verse 2
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When I left my home and my
family
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Am Am 
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I was no more than a boy
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In the company of strangers
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In the quiet of the railway station
C C 
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Running scared
G G 
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Am Am 
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Laying low,
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F F 
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seeking out the poorer quarters
C C 
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Where the ragged people go
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Looking for the places
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C C 
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Only they would know
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Lie la

Verse 3

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lie, lie la la la lie lie

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Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie

Verse 4
C C 
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Asking only workman's wages
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Am Am 
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I come looking for a job
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But I get no of fers
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Just a come- on from the
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whores on Seventh Avenue
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Am Am 
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G G 
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I do declare there were times
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when I was so lonesome
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I took some comfort there

Verse 5
C C 
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Then I'm laying out my
winter clothes
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Am Am 
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G G 
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And wishing I was gone going home
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Where the New York City winters
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Aren't bleeding me
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Leading me
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Going home
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La la

Verse 6

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la la

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La la la la

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La la la la

Interlude 1

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Verse 7
C C 
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In the clearing stands a boxer And
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a fighter by his trade
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And he carries the reminder
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Of every glove that laid him down
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Or cut him till he cried out
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Am Am 
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In his anger and his shame
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F F 
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I am leaving, I am leaving
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But the fighter still remains

Verse 8
Am Am 
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G G 
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Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
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F F 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la  lie
G G 
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Am Am 
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Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
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G G 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
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F F 
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie