Song Name: | The Boxer (chromatic) | By: | Simon & Garfunkel |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | C | Genre: | 60s |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2011-01-12 12:01:39 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THE BOXER
By: Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel Key: C 7 7 7 -7 7 6 I am just a poor boy, 6 -6 7 7 8 -8 -7 though my stor-y's sel-dom told. -7 -8 -7 7 7 -7 7 -5 I have squan-dered my re-sis-tance, -5 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 For a poc-ket-ful of mum-bles, 5 -5 -6 6 5 such are prom-is-es. 8 8 -8 8 All lies and jest. 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 Still a man hears what he wants to hear -7 -7 -7 7 -6 7 and dis-re-gards the rest. 6 -6 7 -5 -5 6 -6 6 -5 5 mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, 6 -6 7 7 7 7 7 7 -6 6 When I left my home and my fam-i-ly 6 -6 7 8 8 -8 -7 I was no more than a boy, -7 -7 -7 7 7 7 7 -5 In the com-pan-y of strang-ers, -5 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 5 -5 In the qui-et of the rail-way sta-tion, -6 6 5 8 -8 8 Run-nin' scared. Lay-ing low, 8 -8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 seek-ing out the poor-er quar-ters, -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 7 Where the rag-ged peo-ple go. 6 -6 7 -5 -5 6 Look-in' for the plac-es, -6 -6 6 -5 5 on-ly they would know. 8 -8 8 8 -8 8 -8 -8 -7 7 Lie-la-lie, Lie-la-lie la lie la lie 8 -8 8 -9 10 -10 10 -9 8 -9 Lie-la-lie, Lie-la-lie la la la la 8 8 8 -8 8 la la la la lie 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 Ask-ing on-ly work-man's wag-es 5 -5 6 6 6 6 6 I come look-in' for a job, 6 6 6 6 6 -5 But I get no of-fers, -5 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 Just a come-on from the whores 6 5 -5 -6 6 5 on Sev-enth Ave-n-ue. 8 8 -8 8 8 8 -8 I do de-clare there were times -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 when I was so lone-some, -7 -7 -7 7 -6 7 I took some com-fort there. 8 -8 8 8 -8 8 -8 -8 -7 7 Lie-la-lie, Lie-la-lie la lie la lie 8 -8 8 -9 10 -10 10 -9 8 -9 Lie-la-lie, Lie-la-lie la la la la 8 8 8 -8 8 la la la la lie 6 -6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 And I�m lay-ing out my win-ter clothes, -6 7 8 8 -8 -7 -7 6 7 and wish-ing I was gone, go-in� home -5 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 Where the New York Ci-ty win-ters 5 -5 -6 6 5 8 -8 -7 -7 6 7 Are-n�t bleed-in� me, lead-in� me go-in' home. 6 -6 7 7 7 7 7 6 In the clear-ing stands a box-er 6 -6 7 8 8 -8 -7 and a fight-er by his trade, -7 -7 -7 7 7 7 7 -5 And he car-ries the re-mind-ers 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 5 of ev-�ry glove that laid him down, -5 -6 6 5 -5 -6 6 Or cut him 'til he cried out 7 7 7 8 8 -8 8 in his an-ger and his shame, 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 "I am leav-ing, I am leav-ing." -7 -7 -7 -7 7 -6 7 But the fight-er still re-mains. 8 -8 8 8 -8 8 -8 -8 -7 7 Lie-la-lie, Lie-la-lie la lie la lie 8 -8 8 -9 10 -10 10 -9 8 -9 Lie-la-lie, Lie-la-lie la la la la 8 8 8 -8 8 la la la la lie |