Chords:
{t:Boxer [C], The}
{artist:Paul Simon}
{key:C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LFML_pxlY But in B)
{c: A great update from Steve Walton with timing on pauses - so needed!}
[C]{1234} [C]{1234}
[C] I am just a poor boy though my [C] story's sel-[Am/C]dom [Am] told
I have [G] squandered my resistance
For a [G7] pocket full of [G6] mumbles such are [C] promises {34 1}
All lies and [Am] jest, still a [G] man hears what he [F] wants to hear
And disregards the [C] rest, Hm [G7] mm {234} [G][G7][C] {1234 123}
{c: }
When I [C] left my home and my family I was [C] no more [Am/C] than a [Am] boy
In the [G] company of strangers
In the [G7] quiet of the [G6] railway station [C] running scared {34 1}
Laying [Am] low seeking [G] out the poorer [F] quarters
Where the ragged people [C] go
Looking [G] for the places [F] only [G7] they would [C] know {23}
{c: }
Lie la- [Am] lie, {23} Lie la- [G] la la, lie la-lie
Lie la- [Am] lie, {23} Lie la [F] la-la lie la [G] lie, la-la-la-la [C] lie {234 123}
{c: }
Asking [C] only workman's wages I come [C] looking for [Am/C] a [Am] job
But I get no [G] offers, {234}
Just a [G7] come-on from the [G6] whores on Seventh [C] Avenue {34 1}
I do de-[Am]clare, there were [G] times when I was [F] so lonesome
I took some comfort [C] there,
La la [G] la la, la la, la {4} [G][G7][C] {1234}
{c: }
[C] [C] [Am] [G] [G] [C] [C] [Am] [G] [F] [F][C] [G][C] {123}
{c: }
Lie la- [Am] lie, {23} Lie la- [G] la la, lie la-lie
Lie la- [Am] lie, {23} Lie la [F] la-la lie la [G] lie, la-la-la-la [C] lie {234 123}
{c: }
Then I'm [C] laying out my winter clothes and [C] wishing I [Am/C] was [Am] gone
Going [G] home, {23} where the [G7] New York City [G6] winters are not [C] bleeding me {34}
[Em] / Leading [Am] me {234}
[Am] / Going [G] home, {234} [G7] [G6] [C] {1234 123}
{c: }
In the [C] clearing stands a boxer and a [C] fighter by [Am/C] his [Am] trade
And he [G] carries the reminders
Of [G7] ev'ry glove that [G6] laid him down or [C] cut him till he cried out
In his [C] anger and his [Am] shame I am [G] leaving I am [F] leaving
But the fighter still re-[C]mains, Hm [G7] mm {234} [C] {123}
{c: }
Lie la- [Am] lie, {23} Lie la- [Em] la la, lie la-lie
Lie la- [Am] lie, {23} Lie la- [F] la-la, lie la lie [G7] la-la-la la [Am] lie {23}
