The Boxer chords by Paul Simon |
No Easy Version
| Intro: |
| | C | C | C | C | C C/B | |
| | Am | Am | Am | G | G | G | G7 | |
| | C | C | C C/B | Am | G | F | F | |
| | C | G | G | F | F | C | C | |
| | C | |
| C |
| I am just a poor boy |
| C/B Am |
| Though my story's seldom told |
| G |
| I have squandered my resistance |
| G7 |
| For a pocketful of mumbles |
| C |
| Such are promises |
| C/B Am |
| All lies and jest |
| G |
| Still, a man hears what he |
| F |
| Wants to hear |
| C G C |
| And disregards the rest |
| C |
| When I left my home |
| C |
| And my family |
| C/B Am |
| I was no more than a boy |
| G |
| In the company of strangers |
| G7 |
| In the quiet of the railway station |
| C |
| Running scared |
| Am |
| Laying low |
| G F |
| Seeking out the poorer quarters |
| C |
| Where the ragged people go |
| G |
| Looking for the places |
| F C |
| Only they would know |
| Bridge: |
| | Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| | Am | Am | G | G | |
| | C | C | C | C | |
| C |
| Asking only workman's wages |
| C/B Am |
| I come looking for a job |
| G |
| But I get no offers |
| G7 |
| Just a come-on from the whores |
| C |
| On Seventh Avenue |
| C/B Am |
| I do declare |
| G |
| There were times when I was |
| F |
| So lonesome |
| C G |
| I took some comfort there |
| Bridge: |
| | C | C | C | C | |
| | C C/B | Am | G | G | G7 | G7 | |
| | C | C | C C/B | Am | G | F | F | |
| | G | F | C | C | |
| | Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| | Am | Am | G | G | |
| | Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| | Am | Am | G | G | |
| | C | C | C | C | |
| C |
| Then I'm laying out |
| C |
| My winter clothes |
| C/B Am |
| And wishing I was gone |
| G |
| Going home |
| G7 |
| Where the New York City winters |
| C Em |
| Aren't bleeding me |
| Am |
| Leading me |
| G C |
| Going home |
| C |
| In the clearing stands a boxer |
| C/B Am |
| And a fighter by his trade |
| G |
| And he carries the reminders |
| G7 |
| Of ev'ry glove that laid him down |
| C |
| Or cut him till he cried out |
| C/B Am |
| In his anger and his shame |
| G F |
| "I am leaving, I am leaving" |
| C G F C |
| But the fighter still remains |
| Bridge: |
| C C C Am x2 |
| Ending: |
| | Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| | Am | Am | G | G | |
| | Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| | Am | Am | G | G | |
| | Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| | Am | Am | G | G | |
| | C | C | C | C | |
| | C | |
Chords rating
5 · 1 rank
