The Boxer Simon and Garfunkal # 012 - 5

C Am

I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told

G

I have squandered my resistance

C

For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises

Am G F

All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear

C G C

And disregards the rest

C Am

When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy

G

In the company of strangers

C

In the quiet of a railway station running scared

Am G F C

Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go

G F C

Looking for the places only they would know

Am G

Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie

Am F G C

Lie la lie Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

Am

Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job

G

But I get no offers

C

Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue

Am G F

I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome

C

I took some comfort there

G C

Ooo-la-la la la la la

# 012 - 5

Am G

Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie

Am F G C

Lie la lie Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

C

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes

Am

And wishing I was gone

G C

Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me

Am

Leading me

G

Going Home

C Am

In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade

G

And he carries the reminders

C

Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out

Am

In his anger and his shame

G F C

"I am Leaving, I am Leaving." But the Fighter still remains

G C

Am G

Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie

Am F G C

Lie la lie Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie