Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: The Boxer
Artist: Simon and Garfunkel
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo: Q=140
Maintain a steady rhythm with the alternating bass line.
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
[Verse 1] G + Em E|----------------0----|---------------------|-----------3----2----|-0-------------------| B|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1----|-3-------------------|----------------0----| G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----| A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------| I am just a poor boy, Though my story's seldom told, I have left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy In the C Dsus4 E|-0--------------2----|-0--------------2----|---------------------|---------------------| B|---------------------|---------------------|-1--------------1----|-1----0--------------| G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------0----0----| D|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0---------0----| A|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------| E|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|---------------------|---------------------| squandered my re- sistance For a pocketful of mumbles Such are company of strangers,In the quiet of the railway station + G + E|---------------------------|----------------3----|-3----2----3---------|-3----3---3--------2----| B|-1--p0---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------| G|-------------0-------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------| D|---------0------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0------------0----| A|-0-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------| E|-----------------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---------| promises. All lies and jest Still a man hears Running scared. Laying low, seeking out the + C + G + E|------2---2--------0----|------0---0--------0----|-0----------------------|---------------------| B|------------------------|------------------------|------3---3-------------|---------------------| G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------| D|------0------------0----|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----| A|------------------------|-3------------3---------|------------------------|---------------------| E|-3------------3---------|------------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------3---------| what he wants to hear and dis- re- gards the rest poorer quar- ters where the rag- ged people go, looking D + D7 + E|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------| B|-3-----------------0----|-1--------0-------------|---------------------| G|----------2-------------|-------------------2----|-0-------------------| D|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----| A|-0------------0---------|-0------------0---------|---------------------| E|------------------------|------------------------|-3---------3---------| Mmh mmh hmm Mmh mmh hmm When I for the pla- ces only they would know. [Chorus] G + ! + + E|-----------3----2---3---|---------------------|-----------3----3---3---|------2----2----0-------| B|-----------0----0---0---|---------------------|-----------0----0---0---|------0----0----0---3---| G|------------------------|-----------0---------|------------------------|------------------------| D|------0---------0-------|------0----0----0----|------0---------0-------|------0---------0-------| A|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------| E|-3---------3------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3------------|-3---------3------------| Lie- la- lie, Lie- la- lie- la- lie- la- lie, + ! + E|-----------3----2---3---|---------------------|-----------5----7---8---|------7----5----3----| B|-----------0----0---0---|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------| G|------------------------|-----------0---------|------------------------|---------------------| D|------0---------0-------|------0----0----0----|------0---------0-------|------0---------0----| A|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------| E|-3---------3------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------5------------|-8---------5---------| Lie- la- lie, Lie- la- lie- la, lie- la- + + E|-5----3---3---3---2--------|-3-------------------| B|---------------------------|-0-------------------| G|---------------------------|---------------------| D|------0---------------0----|------0---------0----| A|---------------------------|---------------------| E|-5------------3------------|-3---------3---------| lie- la- la- la- la- lie. [Verse 2] G + + E|----------------0----|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| B|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1----|-3-------------------|-0--------------0----| G|---------------------|---------------------|-----------0----2----|---------0-----------| D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----| A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------| Asking only work-man wa- ges I come looking for a job but I get no D C + D G E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------| B|-0-------------------|----------------0----|-1--1------1----1----|-1----0--------------|-1----0----0------| G|------2--------------|-----------2---------|---------------------|-----------2----2----|------------------| D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------0----|------0---------0-| A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------0---------|------------------| E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3------| offers. Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue. + + E|-------3----3----2--|--3---------3----3--3--|------2---------2--2--|------0---------0--|-0----0----0-------| B|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------3--| G|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------| D|-------0---------0--|-------0---------0-----|------0---------0-----|------0---------0--|------0---------0--| A|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------| E|--3---------3-------|--3---------3----------|-3---------3----------|-3---------3-------|-3---------3-------| I do de- clare, there were times when I was so lone-some I took some comfort D E|---------------------|---------------------| B|-3-------------------|---------------------| G|---------------------|---------------------| D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----| A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------| E|---------------------|---------------------| there La-la- la-la la-la-la
[Instrumental]
E|-7-------------------|-10------------------|-3---------5---------|-7-------------------| B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| D|------5---------5----|------9---------9----|------0---------0----|------5---------5----| A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| E|-7---------7---------|-10--------10--------|-3---------5---------|-7---------7---------| E|-5-------------------|---------------------|-10------------------|----------------8----| B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------9---------9----|------9---------7----| A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| E|-5---------5---------|-5---------5---------|-10--------10--------|-10--------10--------| E|-7---------10--------|-15------------------|-7---------10--------|-12--------7---------| B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| G|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----| D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| E|-7---------10--------|-15--------15--------|-7---------10--------|-12--------7---------| E|-10------------------|---------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------| B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| D|------9---------9----|------9---------9----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----| A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| E|-10--------10--------|-10--------10--------|-5---------5---------|-5---------5---------|
[Verse 3]
G + + Em E|----------------0--|---------------------|-----------3----2----|-0---------0---------| B|-3-----------------|-3--1----0------1----|-3-------------------|----------------0----| G|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| D|------0---------0--|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----| A|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| E|-3---------3-------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------| Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, going D C G E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------| B|-3-------------------|----------------0----|-1----1----1---------|-1----0--------------|-1----0----0-------| G|---------------------|-----------2---------|---------------------|-----------0---------|-------------------| D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0---------0--| A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-------------------| E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3-------| home, where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me, Em D E|-----------3----2----|-0-------------------|-----------0---------|------------------|------------------| B|---------------------|---------------------|----------------0----|-3----------------|----------0----1--| G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------| D|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0--------0--|------0--------0--| A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-0--------0-------|-0--------0-------| E|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|------------------|------------------| Leading me, going home. In the G + Em E|----------------0----|-------------------|-----------3----2---|-0------------------|-0--------------2---| B|-3-----------------3-|------0---------1--|-3------------------|-----------0----0---|--------------------| G|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| D|------0---------0----|------0---------0--|------0---------0---|------2---------2---|------2---------2---| A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3-------|-3---------3--------|-0---------0--------|-0---------0--------| clearing stands a bo- xer and a fighter by his trade and he carries the re- C D7 + + + + + E|-0-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------| B|------1------------|-1------------------|-1p0---------------|-1----0--------------|-1----0---------------| G|---------------0---|----------2---------|---------0---------|-------------0-------|-------------0--------| D|------2--------2---|------0----------0--|------0---------0--|------0---------0----|------0----------0----| A|-3--------3--------|-0-----------0------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------| E|-------------------|--------------------|-3---------3-------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3----------| minders of every glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out in his Em C E|-----------3----2---|-3---------3----3---|-3----2----2----2---|-2----0----0----0---|-0----0---0---------| B|-3------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------3----| G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| D|------0---------0---|------0---------0---|------0---------0---|------2---------2---|------2--------2----| A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-3--------3---------| E|-3---------3--------|-3---------3--------|-3---------3--------|-0---------0--------|--------------------| an- ger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving", but the fighter still re- D D7 G E|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------| B|-3------------------|-1--------0---------|---------------------| G|---------------2----|---------------2----|-0-------------------| D|------0--------0----|------0--------0----|------0---------0----| A|-0--------0---------|-0--------0---------|---------------------| E|--------------------|--------------------|-3---------3---------| mains mmh- hmm- mmh- mmh- mmh.
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