The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel
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BI am just a poor boy
Though my Bstory's F#/A#seldom G#mtold
I have F#squandered my resistance
For a F#7pocket full of mumbles
Such are Bpromises
BAll F#/A#lies and G#mjest
Still a F#man hears what he Ewants to hear
And Edisregards the Brest
Mmm mmm F#mmmm mmm mmm mmmm
F#mmm mmm mmmm Bmmmm
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When I Bleft my home and my family
I was Bno more F#/A#than a G#mboy
In the F#company of strangers
In the F#7quiet of the railway station
BRunning scared
BF#/A#Laying G#mlow, seeking F#out the poorer Equarters
Where the Eragged people Bgo
Looking F#for the places
EOnly they would Bknow
Lie la G#mlie
Lie la D#mla la lie la lie
Lie la G#mlie
Lie la F#la la lie la lie
La la la la Blie
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Asking Bonly workman's wages
I come Blooking F#/A#for a G#mjob
But I get no F#offers
Just a F#7come-on from the whores
on 7th BAvenue
BI F#/A#do deG#mclare
There were F#times when I was Eso lonesome
I Etook some comfort Bthere
La la F#la la la la la
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BF#/A#G#m
F#E
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F#E
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Lie la G#mlie
Lie la D#mla la lie la lie
Lie la G#mlie
Lie la F#la la lie la lie
La la la la Blie
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Then I'm Blaying out my winter clothes
And Bwishing F#/A#I was gone
Going F#home
Where the F#7New York City winters
Aren't Bbleeding me
D#mLeading mG#me
Going F#home
F#
F#B
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In the Bclearing stands a boxer
And a Bfighter F#/A#by his G#mtrade
And he F#carries the reminders
Of F#7every glove that laid him down
Or Bcut him till he cried out
In his Banger F#/A#and his G#mshame
"I am F#leaving, I am Eleaving"
But the Efighter still reBmains
Mmm mmm F#mmmm
EB
Lie la G#mlie
Lie la D#mla la lie la lie
Lie la G#mlie
Lie la F#la la lie la lie
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la la la la G#mlie, lie la la D#mla lie la lie
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la la la la G#mlie, lie la la D#mla lie la lie
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la la la la G#mlie, lie la la D#mla lie la lie
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la la la la Blie