SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - "the boxer" Tablature

From: macon@gallifry.Berkeley.EDU (Glen Macon)

079

Title: THE BOXER (Simon)


C Am
I am just a poor boy ...
G
I have ...
G7 G6 C
For a pocket full of ...
Am G F
All lies and jest, ...
C G G7 G6 C
And disregards...

C Am
When I left my home and ...
G
In the ...
G7 G6 C
In the quiet of a ...
Am G F
Laying low, seeking ...
C
Where the ...
G G7 G6 C
Looking for the ...

Am G Am G F C
Lie la lie Lie la ...

C Am
Asking only workman's w...
G
But I get ...
G7 G6 C
Just a come-on from ...
Am G F
I do declare, there ...
C
I took some ....
G G7 G6 C
Lie lie ...


From: RJBRANCH@argo.acs.oakland.edu
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 04:03 EST
Subject: BOXER.CRD

The Boxer
by Paul Simon from the Album "Bridge Over Troubled Waters"



C Am
I am just a poor boy, ...
G
I have squandered ...
C
For a pocketful of ...
Am G F
All lies and jest still a man ...
C G C
And ...
Am
When I left my home and ...
G
In the company of s...
Dm7 C
In the quiet of a railway...
Am G F
Laying low seeking out ...
G F Em Dm C
Looking for the places ...
Am
Lie-la-lie
G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Am
Lie la lie
G F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la ...
Am
Asking only workmans ...
G
But I get no of...
Dm7 C
Just a come-on from ...
Am Dm7 G F C
I do declare there were t...
G C
Ooo-la-la la la la la

Am
Lie-la-lie
G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Am
Lie la lie
G F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

C
Then I'm laying out ...
G7 C Am
And wishing I was ...
G Dm7 G7 G C
Going home where the New ...
Am
Leading me
G
Going Home
C Am
In the clearing stands ....
G
And he carries ...
G7 C Dm7 G7 C
Of ev'ry glove th...
Am
In his anger ...
G F C
"I am Leaving, I am Leaving...

G C G F C

Am
Lie-la-lie
G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Am
Lie la lie
G F Am
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie


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