Boxerv2

Track: The Boxer

Artist: Paul Simon

Tabbed by: Rikki Starrett

I've had a good look this time, and nobody has got this one "spot on".

I pick the chords for my version, but they can be strummed just as easily.

Depending on your preference/ability.

TUNE ALL STRINGS DOWN A HALF-STEP/SEMITONE (OPTIONAL)

Chords used:

C.... 332010

G/B.. X2000X

Am... X02210

G.... 320003

G7... 320001

F.... 133211

Em... 022000

Intro: C (picked or strummed - listen to the song and it's simple enough)

Verse 1:

I am just a poor boy

Though my story's seldom told,

I have squandered my resistance

For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises.

All lies and jest,

Still a man hears what he wants to hear

And disregards the rest.

Verse 2:

When I left my home and my family

I was no more than a boy

In the company of strangers,

In the quiet of a railway station running scared.

Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters

Where the ragged people go

Looking for the places only the would know.

Chorus 1:

Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,

Lie la lie,

Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.

Verse 3:

Asking only workmans wages

I come looking for a job

But I get no offers,

Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.

I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome

I took some comfort there, la la la la la.

Musical bridge:

C, C G/B Am, G, G7, C

C G/B Am, G F, F C, G F, C

Chorus 2: (Same as chorus one)

Verse 4:

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes

And wishing I was gone,

Going home

Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,

Bleeding me ____ Going home.

Verse 5:

In the clearing stands the boxer

And a fighter by his trade

And he carries the reminders

Of Every glove that layed him down

Or cut him till he cried out

In his anger and his shame,

"I am leaving, I am leaving!"

But the fighter still remains.

Chorus 3: (Same) Repeat X8

Outro:

C, C G/B Am, G, G7, C

C G/B Am, G F, F C, G F, C