{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":960832,"song":"The Boxer","artist":"Simon & Garfunkel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/960832-the-boxer-chords-by-simon-garfunkel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/960832?type=chord","rating":4.75379,"votes":192,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have squandered my resistance[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAll lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd disregards the rest hmhmhm hmhmhmhm[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the company of strangers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the quiet of the railway station, running scared[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nLaying low, seeking out the poorer quarters[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the ragged people go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLooking for the places only they would know[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie, la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAsking only workman’s wages I come looking for a job[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I get no offers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust a come-on from the whores on Seventh’ Avenue[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nI do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI took some comfort there, la la la la la[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|------------------------------------------------8-------|\r\nB|-------8-------------------------8----6--5--8-------8---|\r\nG|---9------------7----9-----7----------------------------|\r\nD|-----------10-------------------------------------------|\r\nA|--------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------8-----10-----8------------------------------|\r\nG|---9---------------9------10-------9---7---5---------|\r\nD|-----------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie, la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGoing home, where the New York City winters aren’t bleeding me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   Leading me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nGoing home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the clearing stands the boxer and a fighter by his trade[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nI am leaving, I am leaving[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the fighter still remains, hmhmhmhm[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLa la la la lie, lie la la la la la lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLie la lie, lie la la la la la lie, la la la la lie[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]","chords":["C","C/B","Am","G","G7","Fmaj7","Em","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}