Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer (Guitar)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Key
-
Versions
(7)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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 C/B Am G F C I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there G C La-la-la-la-la-la-la
[Interlude]
| C | C C/B Am | G7 | G7 |
| C | C C/B Am | G7 | (2/4) | F | C G7 | F | C | (2/4)
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Extra verse in live versions
C C/B Am Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking evenly G And I am older than I once was G7 G6 C And younger than I'll be, that's not unusual C/B Am G F C No, it isn't strange, after changes upon changes we are more or less the same G F C After changes we are more or less the same
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[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 3]
C C/B Am Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone G G7 G6 C Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me Em Am Leading me-e G7 C Going home C C/B Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade G And he carries the reminders G7 G6 C Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out C/B Am In his anger and his shame G F C "I am leaving, I am leaving." but the fighter still remains G F G C Hm, hm, hm
[Refrain]
Am Lie-la-lie Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G [ Am ] Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie Am Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G [ Am ] Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie Am Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G [ Am ] Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie Am Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G [ Am ] Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie Am Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G [ Am ] Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie Am Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G [ Am ] Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie Am Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G [ Am ] Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie Am 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
[Outro]
| C | C C/B Am | G | G |
| C | C C/B Am | G7 | (2/4) | F | C G7 | F | C C (2/4)