The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel

The Boxer tab by Simon & Garfunkel (Ver. 3)

Guitar tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Intermediate

Title: The Boxer
Artist: Simon and Garfunkel

Tip on playing:
Maintain a steady rhythm with the alternating bass line.
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.

Verse 1:
  G         +                        Em
E|----------------0----|---------------------|-----------3----2----|-0-------------------|
B|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1----|-3-------------------|----------------0----|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|
  I  am  just a   poor boy, Though my  story's  seldom   told,   I  have
  left my  home and my family,  I  was  no  more than a   boy    In  the

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                        C           Dsus4
E|-0--------------2----|-0--------------2----|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|-1--------------1----|-1----0--------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------0----0----|
D|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|---------------------|---------------------|
  squandered my re-  sistance For a   pocketful   of   mumbles  Such are
  company    of   strangers,In  the  quiet   of  the  railway  station

    +      G                                +
E|---------------------------|----------------3----|-3----2----3---------|-3----3---3--------2----|
B|-1--p0---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
G|-------------0-------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|---------0------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|
A|-0-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
E|-----------------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---------|
  promises.                 All  lies and jest     Still a  man   hears
  Running   scared.                Laying  low,    seeking  out   the

      +        C    +        G    +
E|------2---2--------0----|------0---0--------0----|-0----------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------3---3-------------|---------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
D|------0------------0----|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|
A|------------------------|-3------------3---------|------------------------|---------------------|
E|-3------------3---------|------------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------3---------|
    what he wants to hear  and   dis- re-  gards the rest
  poorer  quar-  ters  where the rag-  ged  people  go, looking

  D    +        D7    +
E|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
B|-3-----------------0----|-1--------0-------------|---------------------|
G|----------2-------------|-------------------2----|-0-------------------|
D|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-0------------0---------|-0------------0---------|---------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-3---------3---------|
  Mmh mmh hmm   Mmh mmh hmm               When I
  for the pla-   ces  only   they   would know.


Chorus:
  G         +        !               +            +
E|-----------3----2---3---|---------------------|-----------3----3---3---|------2----2----0-------|
B|-----------0----0---0---|---------------------|-----------0----0---0---|------0----0----0---3---|
G|------------------------|-----------0---------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------0---------0-------|------0----0----0----|------0---------0-------|------0---------0-------|
A|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|-3---------3------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3------------|-3---------3------------|
       Lie- la- lie,                 Lie- la- lie-    la- lie- la- lie,

           +        !               +
E|-----------3----2---3---|---------------------|-----------5----7---8---|------7----5----3----|
B|-----------0----0---0---|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------------|-----------0---------|------------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0-------|------0----0----0----|------0---------0-------|------0---------0----|
A|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
E|-3---------3------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------5------------|-8---------5---------|
       Lie- la- lie,                 Lie- la- lie-    la, lie- la-

      +    +
E|-5----3---3---3---2--------|-3-------------------|
B|---------------------------|-0-------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------------0----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------------|---------------------|
E|-5------------3------------|-3---------3---------|
  lie- la- la- la- la-    lie.


Verse 2:
  G         +                            +
E|----------------0----|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1----|-3-------------------|-0--------------0----|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-----------0----2----|---------0-----------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|
Asking only work-man wa-   ges I  come  looking  for a   job but I get no

  D                      C +              D      G
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
B|-0-------------------|----------------0----|-1--1------1----1----|-1----0--------------|-1----0----0------|
G|------2--------------|-----------2---------|---------------------|-----------2----2----|------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------0----|------0---------0-|
A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------0---------|------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3------|
  offers.             Just a   come-on  from the  whores on Seventh   Avenue.

                      +           +
E|-------3----3----2--|--3---------3----3--3--|------2---------2--2--|------0---------0--|-0----0----0-------|
B|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------3--|
G|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------0---------0--|-------0---------0-----|------0---------0-----|------0---------0--|------0---------0--|
A|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|--3---------3-------|--3---------3----------|-3---------3----------|-3---------3-------|-3---------3-------|
     I  do  de-  clare,  there were times when I  was so    lone-some I  took some comfort

  D
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-3-------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
  there   La-la-   la-la la-la-la


Instrumental:

E|-7-------------------|-10------------------|-3---------5---------|-7-------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------5---------5----|------9---------9----|------0---------0----|------5---------5----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-7---------7---------|-10--------10--------|-3---------5---------|-7---------7---------|


E|-5-------------------|---------------------|-10------------------|----------------8----|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------9---------9----|------9---------7----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-5---------5---------|-5---------5---------|-10--------10--------|-10--------10--------|


E|-7---------10--------|-15------------------|-7---------10--------|-12--------7---------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-7---------10--------|-15--------15--------|-7---------10--------|-12--------7---------|


E|-10------------------|---------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------9---------9----|------9---------9----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-10--------10--------|-10--------10--------|-5---------5---------|-5---------5---------|


Verse 3:

  G           +  +                  Em
E|----------------0--|---------------------|-----------3----2----|-0---------0---------|
B|-3-----------------|-3--1----0------1----|-3-------------------|----------------0----|
G|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0--|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|
A|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-3---------3-------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and  wishing  I  was  gone,   going

  D                      C                      G
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
B|-3-------------------|----------------0----|-1----1----1---------|-1----0--------------|-1----0----0-------|
G|---------------------|-----------2---------|---------------------|-----------0---------|-------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0---------0--|
A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3-------|
  home,              where the  New York City    winters  aren't   bleeding me,

             Em                     D
E|-----------3----2----|-0-------------------|-----------0---------|------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|----------------0----|-3----------------|----------0----1--|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0--------0--|------0--------0--|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-0--------0-------|-0--------0-------|
E|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|------------------|------------------|
       Leading   me,               going home.              In  the

  G         +                      Em
E|----------------0----|-------------------|-----------3----2---|-0------------------|-0--------------2---|
B|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1--|-3------------------|-----------0----0---|--------------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0--|------0---------0---|------2---------2---|------2---------2---|
A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3-------|-3---------3--------|-0---------0--------|-0---------0--------|
  clearing stands a bo-   xer and a  fighter  by  his  trade   and he  carries  the re-


  C          D7    +       +   +            +           +
E|-0-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B|------1------------|-1------------------|-1p0---------------|-1----0--------------|-1----0---------------|
G|---------------0---|----------2---------|---------0---------|-------------0-------|-------------0--------|
D|------2--------2---|------0----------0--|------0---------0--|------0---------0----|------0----------0----|
A|-3--------3--------|-0-----------0------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-3---------3-------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3----------|
  minders    of  every  glove that laid him down or  cut him  till he  cried out  in his

                                 Em          C
E|-----------3----2---|-3---------3----3---|-3----2----2----2---|-2----0----0----0---|-0----0---0---------|
B|-3------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------3----|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|------0---------0---|------0---------0---|------0---------0---|------2---------2---|------2--------2----|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-3--------3---------|
E|-3---------3--------|-3---------3--------|-3---------3--------|-0---------0--------|--------------------|
  an- ger and his  shame  "I  am  leaving, I  am  leaving\

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