The Boxer Chords by Simon & Garfunkel
- Key: Gb
- BPM: 94
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
THE BOXER CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] B ■ I am just a poor boy Abm Though my story's seldom told Gb I have squandered my resistance Gb For a pocketful of mumbles B Such are promises Abm All lies and jest Gb E Still a man hears what he wants to hear B And disregards the rest Gb Gb7 Gb Gb7 B ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ B When I left my home and my family Ebm I was no more than a boy B Gb In the company of strangers Gb In the quiet of the railway station B Running scared [Chorus] Gb Abm Gb E Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters B Where the ragged people go Gb E B Looking for the places only they would know Abm Ebm Lielalie Lielalielielielielie Abm Gb7 B Lielalie Lielalielielielielie lielielielielie [Verse] B7 B Abm Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job Gb But I get no offers B Just a comeon from the whores on seventh Avenue Abm7 Gbsus4 E I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome B I took some comfort there lalalalalalala Gb7 B Abm Gb Gb7 B Abm Gb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Solo] E B Gb7 E B ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] Abm Lielalie Lielalielielielielie ■ Ebm Abm Gb Gb7 B ■ Lielalie Lielalielielielielie lielielielielie ■ [Verse] B Then I'm laying out my winter clothes Abm Gb And wishing I was gone going home Gb7 Gb B Ebm Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me ■ Abm Gb Gb7 B Leading me going home ■ ■ B In the clearing stands a boxer Gb Abm And a fighter by his trade Gb And he carries the reminders Gb Of every glove that laid him down B Or cut him till he cried out Abm7 In his anger and his shame Abm E I am leaving I am leaving Gbsus4 Gb E But the fighter still remains ■ ■ [Chorus] B Abm Ab7 Ebm Ab7 ■ Lielalie ■ Lielalielielielielie ■ Gb7 Abm Ebm Abm Lielalie Lielalielielielielie lielielielielie ■ Gb Abm Lielalielielielielie Lielalie Ebm Abm Gb Lielalielielielielie ■ lielielielielie Abm Ebm Lielalielielielielie Lielalie Abm Lielalielielielielie lielielielielie Ebm Abm Lielalielielielielie Lielalie Gb Abm Lielalielielielielie lielielielielie Ebm Abm Lielalielielielielie Lielalie Gb Lielalielielielielie lielielielielie Abm Gb Ebm Abm Gb Lielalielielielielie ■ ■ ■ Lielalie Abm Lielalielielielielie lielielielielie Ebm Abm Gb Gb7 ■ Lielalielielielielie ■ Lielalie [Outro] B Gb Abm Gb B Abm Gb E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ B Gb E B ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]