Song Name: | The Boxer | By: | Simon and Garfunkel |
Posted By: | chibluesteve | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | C | Genre: | Rock |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2007-01-06 12:01:52 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | 3 3 3 -3 3 -2
I am just a poor boy. -2 -2 3 3 4 -4 -3 Though my story's seldom told, -3 -4 -3 3 3 -3 3 -1 I have squandered my resistance -1 2 -2 -2 -2 3 -2 2 For a pocketful of mumbles, 1 -1 -2 2 1 Such are promises 4 4 -4 4 All lies and jest 4 -4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 Still, a man hears what he wants to hear -3 -3 -3 -3 -2 3 And disregards the rest. 2 -2 3 3 3 When I left my home 3 3 3 -2 2 And my family, 2 -2 3 4 4 -4 -3 I was no more than a boy -3 -3 3 3 3 3 3 -1 In the company of strangers -1 2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 2 1 -1 In the quiet of the railway station, -2 2 1 Running scared, 4 -4 4 Laying low, 4 -4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 Seeking out the poorer quarters -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 3 3 Where the ragged people go, 2 -2 3 -1 -1 2 Looking for the places -2 -2 2 -1 1 Only- they would know. 4 -4 4 Lie la lie 4 -4 4 -4 -4 -3 3 Lie la lie la lie la lie 4 -4 4 Lie la lie -5 6 -6 6 6 -5 4 -5 Lie la lie la la la la lie 4 4 4 -4 4 la la la la lie 2 -2 3 3 3 3 3 2 Asking only workman's wages 2 2 -2 2 1 -1 2 I come looking for a job, 2 2 2 2 2 -1 But I get no offers, -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 2 Just a come-on from the whores 2 1 -1 -2 2 2 On Seventh Avenue 4 4 -4 4 I do declare, 4 -4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 There were times when I was so lonesome -3 -3 -3 -3 3 3 I took some comfort there. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Ooo la la la la la la 2 -2 3 3 3 3 3 -2 2 Then I'm laying out my winter clothes -2 3 4 4 -4 -3 And wishing I was gone, -3 2 3 Going home -1 2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 2 Where the New York City- winters 1 -1 -2 2 2 Aren't bleeding me, 4 -4 3 Leading me, -3 2 3 Going home. 3 -3 3 3 3 3 3 -2 In the clearing stands a boxer, 2 -2 3 3 4 -4 -3 And a fighter by his trade -3 -4 -3 3 3 -3 3 -1 And he carries the reminders -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 2 1 Of ev'ry glove that laid him down -1 -2 2 1 -1 -2 2 Or cut him till he cried out 3 3 3 4 4 -4 4 In his anger and his shame, 4 4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 "I am leaving, I am leaving." -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 3 3 But the fighter still remains 4 -4 4 Lie la lie 4 -4 4 -4 -4 -3 3 Lie la lie la lie la lie 4 -4 4 Lie la lie -5 6 -6 6 6 -5 4 -5 Lie la lie la la la la lie 4 4 4 -4 4 la la la la lie 4 -4 4 Lie la lie 4 -4 4 -4 -4 -3 3 Lie la lie la lie la lie 4 -4 4 Lie la lie -5 6 -6 6 6 -5 4 -5 Lie la lie la la la la lie 4 4 4 -4 4 la la la la lie |