The Boxer chords by Simon & Garfunkel (Ver. 4)

Produced by Roy Halee, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel:


Verse 1:

C
I am just a poor boy
         Em7   Am
Though my story's seldom told
    G
I have squandered my resistance
   G               C
For a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
  Em7    Am
All lies and jest,
    G         F
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
          C      G G C
And disregards the rest, hmmmm...

Verse 2:

C
When I left my home and my family,
       Em7   Am
I was no more than a boy
    G
In the company of strangers
    G
In the quiet of the railway station,
C
Runnin' scared,
Em7   Am
Laying low
    G       F
Seeking out the poorer quarters,
            C
Where the ragged people go
    G
Looking for the places
G        C
Only they would know


Hook:

  Em7 Am       Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
    Am     F       G         C
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie


Verse 3:

    C
Asking only workman's wages,
        Em7  Am
I come lookin' for a job
       G
But I get no offers
                  C
Just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue
 Em7 Am
I do declare,
      G        F
There were times when I was so lonesome
          C       G      G C
I took some comfort there, la la la la la la la


Verse 4:

    C
Now the years are rolling by me
     Em7   Am
They are rockin' evenly
   G
I am older than I once was
                   C
And younger than I'll be; that's not unusual
   Em7  Am
No it isn't strange
   G      F
After changes upon changes
            C
We are more or less the same
   G       F        C
After changes we are more or less the same


Hook:

  Em7 Am       Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
    Am     F       G         Am
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
    Em            Am
La la lie la lie la lie, Lie la lie,
   F              C
La la lie la la la lie la la la la lie


Verse 5:

    C
And I'm laying out my winter clothes
     Em7 Am
Wishing I was gone
   G
Goin' home
                    C
Where the New York City winters aren't bleedin' me,
Em7     Am
Leadin' me
   G  G G C
Goin' home


Verse 6:


In the clearing stands a boxer,
         Em7 Am
And a fighter by his trade
    G
And he carries the reminders

Of every glove that laid him down
  C  C
Or cut him
                  Em7 Am
'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame
   G       F               C
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
       G    F  C
Yes he still remains


Hook:

  Em7 Am     Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
    Am     F       G         Am
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

  Em
Lie la lie la lie la lie
    Am     F                Am
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

    Em
Lie la lie la lie la lie
    Am     F       G         C  G C