{"id":23246,"date":"2025-06-02T15:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=23246"},"modified":"2025-12-13T23:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:27:22","slug":"the-boxer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/the-boxer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boxer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon and Garfunkle<\/p>\n

[C<\/em>]<\/strong>{1234} [C<\/em>]<\/strong>{1234}
\n[C<\/em>]<\/strong> I am just a poor boy though my [C<\/em>]<\/strong> story’s sel-[Am\/C<\/em>]<\/strong>dom [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> told
\nI have [G<\/em>]<\/strong> squandered my resistance
\nFor a [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> pocket full of [G6<\/em>]<\/strong> mumbles such are [C<\/em>]<\/strong> promises {34 1}
\nAll lies and [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> jest, still a [G<\/em>]<\/strong> man hears what he [F<\/em>]<\/strong> wants to hear
\nAnd disregards the [C<\/em>]<\/strong> rest, Hm [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> mm {234} [G<\/em>]<\/strong> [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> [C<\/em>]<\/strong> {1234 123}<\/p>\n

When I [C<\/em>]<\/strong> left my home and my family I was [C<\/em>]<\/strong> no more [Am\/C<\/em>]<\/strong> than a [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> boy
\nIn the [G<\/em>]<\/strong> company of strangers
\nIn the [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> quiet of the [G6<\/em>]<\/strong> railway station [C<\/em>]<\/strong> running scared {34 1}
\nLaying [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> low seeking [G<\/em>]<\/strong> out the poorer [F<\/em>]<\/strong> quarters
\nWhere the ragged people [C<\/em>]<\/strong> go
\nLooking [G<\/em>]<\/strong> for the places [F<\/em>]<\/strong> only [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> they would [C<\/em>]<\/strong> know {23}<\/p>\n

Lie la- [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> lie, {23} Lie la- [G<\/em>]<\/strong> la la, lie la-lie
\nLie la- [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> lie, {23} Lie la [F<\/em>]<\/strong> la-la lie la [G<\/em>]<\/strong> lie, la-la-la-la [C<\/em>]<\/strong> lie {234 123}<\/p>\n

Asking [C<\/em>]<\/strong> only workman’s wages I come [C<\/em>]<\/strong> looking for [Am\/C<\/em>]<\/strong> a [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> job
\nBut I get no [G<\/em>]<\/strong> offers, {234}
\nJust a [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> come-on from the [G6<\/em>]<\/strong> whores on Seventh [C<\/em>]<\/strong> Avenue {34 1}
\nI do de-[Am<\/em>]<\/strong>clare, there were [G<\/em>]<\/strong> times when I was [F<\/em>]<\/strong> so lonesome
\nI took some comfort [C<\/em>]<\/strong> there,
\nLa la [G<\/em>]<\/strong> la la, la la, la {4} [G<\/em>]<\/strong> [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> [C<\/em>]<\/strong> {1234}<\/p>\n

[C<\/em>]<\/strong> [C<\/em>]<\/strong> [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> [G<\/em>]<\/strong> [G<\/em>]<\/strong> [C<\/em>]<\/strong> [C<\/em>]<\/strong> [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> [G<\/em>]<\/strong> [F<\/em>]<\/strong> [F<\/em>]<\/strong> [C<\/em>]<\/strong> [G<\/em>]<\/strong> [C<\/em>]<\/strong> {123}<\/p>\n

Lie la- [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> lie, {23} Lie la- [G<\/em>]<\/strong> la la, lie la-lie
\nLie la- [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> lie, {23} Lie la [F<\/em>]<\/strong> la-la lie la [G<\/em>]<\/strong> lie, la-la-la-la [C<\/em>]<\/strong> lie {234 123}<\/p>\n

Then I’m [C<\/em>]<\/strong> laying out my winter clothes and [C<\/em>]<\/strong> wishing I [Am\/C<\/em>]<\/strong> was [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> gone
\nGoing [G<\/em>]<\/strong> home, {23} where the [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> New York City [G6<\/em>]<\/strong> winters are not [C<\/em>]<\/strong> bleeding me {34}
\n[Em<\/em>]<\/strong> \/ Leading [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> me {234}
\n[Am<\/em>]<\/strong> \/ Going [G<\/em>]<\/strong> home, {234} [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> [G6<\/em>]<\/strong> [C<\/em>]<\/strong> {1234 123}<\/p>\n

In the [C<\/em>]<\/strong> clearing stands a boxer and a [C<\/em>]<\/strong> fighter by [Am\/C<\/em>]<\/strong> his [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> trade
\nAnd he [G<\/em>]<\/strong> carries the reminders
\nOf [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> ev’ry glove that [G6<\/em>]<\/strong> laid him down or [C<\/em>]<\/strong> cut him till he cried out
\nIn his [C<\/em>]<\/strong> anger and his [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> shame I am [G<\/em>]<\/strong> leaving I am [F<\/em>]<\/strong> leaving
\nBut the fighter still re-[C<\/em>]<\/strong>mains, Hm [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> mm {234} [C<\/em>]<\/strong> {123}<\/p>\n

Lie la- [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> lie, {23} Lie la- [Em<\/em>]<\/strong> la la, lie la-lie
\nLie la- [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> lie, {23} Lie la- [F<\/em>]<\/strong> la-la, lie la lie [G7<\/em>]<\/strong> la-la-la la [Am<\/em>]<\/strong> lie {23}<\/p>\n

\"Waiting
\nCreating..<\/div>\n