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/ |:Am! Am Lie-la-lie Em Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Am! Am Lie la lie F Lie-la-lie la la la la G7 :| x10 lie la-la lie-la- C! Lie-la-Lie. C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432. The Boxer work-up 1/1. |: C Csus | C Csus :| C I am just a poor boy, Am
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/|:Am! Am Lie-la-lie Em Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Am! Am Lie la lie F Lie-la-lie la la la la G7 :|x10 lie la-la lie-la- C! Lie-la-Lie C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer work-up 1/1
|: C \ Csus \ | C \ Csus \ :| C I am just a poor boy, Am though my story is seldom told. G I have squandered my resistance, G7 G For a pocketful of mumbles, such are C / / Promises. C 0003 Csus 0013 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer Paul Simon1
\ Am All lies and jest; G Still, a man hears what he F wants to hear and disregards the C \ G \ | G7 G |C | \ \ \ Rest. Oo-oo oooooooo C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer 2
\C When I left my home and my family Am I was no more than a boy, \ G \ \ \ In the company of strangers, G7 / G In the quiet of the railway \ C \ \ station, runnin' scared. C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer 3
/ Am / G Laying low, seeking out the poorer FC quarters, where the ragged people go. G Lookin' for the places, F / G / C / / only they would know. C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer 4
/Am Lie-la-lie Em Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie F Lie-la-lie la la la la G7 C / Csus / | C Csus / lie la-la la la lie C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer 5
/C Asking only workman's wages, Am / I come lookin' for a job, G / / But I get no offers, / G7 / G6 Just a come-on from the whores on C / / / | / / / Seventh Avenue. C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer 6
/ Am I do declare there were G F times when I was so lonesome, I took some comfort C G | G7 G |C there. C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer 7
Am Lie-la-lie Em Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie F Lie-la-lie la la la la G7 C / / / | / / / lie la-la la la lie C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer 8
/C And I’m laying out my winter clothes Am and wishing I was gone, G / / / goin home G7 / G Where the New York City winters aren’t C / / / bleedin me, Em / // Am / / / G///|G7/| leadin me-ee goin home. C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer 9
C \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ |C In the clearing stands a boxer, Am and a fighter by his trade, G And he carries the reminders, of G7 G every glove that laid him down, C Or cut him 'til he cried out C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer 10
Am in his anger and his shame, G F "I am leaving, I am leaving." But the fighter still C / G / | G7 G | C / / remains C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer 11
/|:Am! Am Lie-la-lie Em Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Am! Am Lie la lie F Lie-la-lie la la la la G7 :|x10 lie la-la lie-la- C! Lie-la-Lie C 0003 D 2225 G 0232 Em 0432 The Boxer LAST