The Boxer - Simon Garfunkel Chords
Chords: A, B, G, C, C#, C/B, Am, G7, G6, F
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Tune down your guitar one semi-tone. The studio recording is tuned slightly sharp of a
half step down. Try about +20 cents using an electronic tuner.
If you want to play in the original key in standard tuning, transpose this chord sheet
and/or use a capo to match the recording:
Transpose Capo Play Key
-3 2nd fret A B (studio version)
-5 4th fret G B (studio version)
+1 1st fret C C# (Live: "Concert in Central Park")
- - C C (Live: "Live 1969", "Old Friends",
"Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'")
[Intro]
| C |
[Verse 1]
C C/B Am
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
G
I have squandered my resistance
G7 G6 C
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
C/B Am G F
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
C G F G C
And disregards the rest
C C/B Am
When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
G
In the company of strangers
G7 G6 C
In the quiet of a railway station running scared
C/B Am G F C
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
G F G C
Looking for the places only they would know
[Refrain]
Am
Lie-la-lie
Em
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Am
Lie la lie
G C
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie
[Verse 2]
C C/B Am
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
G
But I get no offers
G7 G6 C
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
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