The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel

 THE BOXER   (Simon)


  C                                             Am
  I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
         G
  I have squandered my resistance
        G7             G6                C
  For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises
               Am            G                 F
  All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear
                     C     G  G7  G6  C
  And disregards the rest

  C                                                       Am
  When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
         G
   In the company of strangers
         G7         G6               C
  In the quiet of a railway station, running scared
         Am           G              F
  Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
                          C
  Where the ragged people go
          G              G7   G6         C
  Looking for the places only they would know

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

  C                                                Am
  Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job
               G
  But I get no offers
         G7               G6                C
  Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
         Am                G                F
  I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
                      C
  I took some comfort there
  G                  G7  G6  C
  Lie lie lie lie la


  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
  Leading me, going home.

  In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
  And he carries a reminder ov ev'ry glove that laid 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

  Lie la lie ... etc.