The Boxer
Simon and Garfunkel,   Alison Krauss
 

Midi (A130)  Midi 2(C88)
Midi 3(C170)   Midi 4(C144)
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| I am just a | poor boy, though my | story's seldom | told,
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I have | squandered my re | sistance for a |
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| pocket full of | mumbles, such are | promises | 
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|  All lies and | jests, still a | man hears what | he wants to hear and |
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| disregards the | rest.   mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm
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When I | left my home and my | family, I was no | more than a boy |
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| in the company of | strangers in the | quiet of the | railway station, |
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| Running scared, |   laying | low,  seeking | out the poorer | quarters where the |
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| ragged people | go. Looking | for the places | only they would | know. |
Chorus:   
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Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie  Lie la lie, lie la lie la la la la
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la la la la lie

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Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job,
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But I get no offers, just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
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I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there.
Instrumental here  
Solo: | 5 6 | 4 -4 5 | -4 6 | 6 -5 | 5 6 7 6 | 5 6 -6 5 | 6 -5 | 
Chorus:
7  -7  7    7  -7  7  -7  -7 -6  6     7  -7  7    -8  8  -9  8 -8 7  -8
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie  Lie la lie, lie la lie la la la la
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la la la la lie
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Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, going home.
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Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me, leading me, going home.
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In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
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And he carries the reminders of ev'ry glove that laid him down
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And cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame,
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"I am leaving, I am leaving.", but the fighter still remains.
Chorus: SEVEN TIMES
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Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie  Lie la lie, lie la lie la la la la
7   7  7 -7  7
la la la la lie

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From July 8, 2006

     
Simon and Garfunkel                                                                                                                                                           Alison Krauss

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