The Boxer chords by Jerry Douglas, Paul Simon
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Verse 1
(C major) I am just a poor boy
Though my (G major) story's sel (A minor) dom told
I have (G major) squandered my resistance
(F major) For a pocket full of mumbles
Such are prom (C major) ises
All (A minor) lies and jests
Still a man (G major) hears what he
(F major) wants to hear
And disregards the (C major) rest
Verse 2
When I left my home and my (C major)
family
I was no more (G major) than a (A minor) boy
In the (G major) company of strangers
In the (F major) quiet of the railway station
(C major) Running scared
(G major) Laying (A minor) low,
seeking (G major) out the poorer (F major) quarters
Where the ragged people (C major) go
Looking (G major) for the places
(F major) Only they would (C major) know
(A minor) Lie la
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Verse 3
lie, lie la (G major) la la lie lie
Lie la (A minor) lie, lie la (F major) la la la lie (G major) la la (C major) lie
Verse 4
Asking (C major) only workman's wages
I come looking (E minor) for a (A minor) job
But I get no (G major) of fers
Just a (F major) come- on from the
whores on Seventh (C major) Avenue
I (E minor) do de (A minor) clare there were (G major) times
when I was (F major) so lonesome
I took some comfort (C major) there
Verse 5
Then I'm (C major) laying out my
winter clothes
And wishing (E minor) I was (A minor) gone going (G major) home
Where the (F major) New York City winters
Aren't (C major) bleeding me
Leading (A minor) me
Going (G major) home
La (C major) la
Verse 6
la (E minor) la
(A minor) La (G major) la la (C major) la
La (E minor) (A minor) la (G major) la (F major) la
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (A minor) (G major)
(F major)
(C major) (E minor) (A minor) (G major) (F major)
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 7
In the clearing stands a boxer And (C major)
a fighter by his (A minor) trade
And he (G major) carries the reminder
Of (F major) every glove that laid him down
Or (C major) cut him till he cried out
In his anger (E minor) and his (A minor) shame
I am (G major) leaving, I am (F major) leaving
But the fighter still re (C major) mains
Verse 8
Lie la (A minor) lie, lie la (G major) la la lie lie
Lie la (A minor) lie, lie la (F major) la la la lie (G major) la (A minor) la lie
Lie (G major) la lie, lie la la la (A minor) lie lie
Lie (F major) la lie, lie (G major) la la la la (A minor) lie la la (G major) lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
(A minor) Lie la lie, (F major) lie la la la (G major) la lie la la (C major) lie (G major)
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(A minor) (G major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
(G major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (F major)
The Boxer
Jerry Douglas, Paul Simon
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