Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer (Guitar Intro)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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Song: The boxer
Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Composer: Paul Simon
Album: Bridge over troubled water
Tabbed by DJ 1st Sept 2015
FINE TUNING: The original album version is not in standard pitch. Paul Simon is tuned down almost a semi-tone to D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D# so the original track then
sounds in the approximate Key of B.
Alternatively, live versions are more likely to be
in standard tuning and standard pitch.
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The original album intro, played by Fred Carter Jnr.,
is in double dropped D tuning.
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Alternate the bass note for the C to C/G chord,
on the 5th string and then 6th string.
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
C = x32010 G = 320003 F/C = x33211
C/G = 332010 G7/F = xx3003 Em = 022000
(C) = x3xxxx G6/E = xx2003 F = 133211
(C/B) = x2xxxx G/D = xx0003 G7 = 320001
Am = x02210
^ = Emphasise the beat
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[Intro] (Adapted in standard tuning)
e|---3-p0----0-----0-----0-----------------|
B|--------3----3-----3-----3----1------1---|
G|---------------3-----0-----0----h3-0-----|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
p = pull-off note h = hammer-on note
[Verse 1]
C C/G C C/G C C/G C
| / / / / | / / / / | I am just a poor boy,
C/G C (C) (C/B) Am
Though my story's sel - dom told,
G
I have squandered my resistance...
G7/F G6/E G/D C C/G
For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promi - ses,
C C/G C (C) (C/B) Am
All lies and jest,
G F/C
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear,
C G G7/F
And disregards the rest! Mmm - mm, mmm, mm, mmm!
G6/E G/D C C/G C C/G C C/G
Mmm, mmm, mmm-----, mm--------------![Verse 2]
C C/G C C/G C C/G When I left my home and my fami - ly, C (C) (C/B) Am I was no more than a boy, G In the company of strangers, G7/F G6/E G/D C C/G In the quiet of the railway station, running scared, C C/G C (C) (C/B) Am Lay - ing low, G F/C Seeking out the poorer quarters, C Where the ragged people go, G F/C C C/G C Looking for the places only they would know----!
[Chorus]
(C) (C/B) Am Em Lie - la - lie! Lie - la, lie - lie - lie, la - lie! Am G G7 Lie - la - lie! Lie - la, lie - lie - lie, la - lie! C C/G C C/G C C/G La - la, la, lie - lie-----!
[Verse 2]
C C/G C C/G C Asking only workman's wages, C/G C (C) (C/B) Am G I come looking for a job, but I get no offers, G7/F G6/E G/D C C/G C C/G Just a come-on from the whores on 7th Ave- nue, C (C) (C/B) Am G I do de - clare, there were times, F/C C When I was so lonesome, I took some comfort there, G La, la... lie - lie - lie, la - lie! G7/F G6/E G/D C C/G C C/G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Piccolo trumpet and lap steel guitar duet Break]
C C/G C C/G C (C)(C/B) Am | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G G7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | C C/G C C/G C (C)(C/B) Am | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G F/C C (C)(C/B) Am | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G F C C/G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Chorus]
C (C) (C/B) Am Em Lie -la - lie! Lie - la, lie- lie- lie, la- lie! Am G G7 Lie -la -lie! Lie - la, lie - lie - lie, la - lie! C C/G C C/G C C/G La - la, la lie - lie------!
[Verse 3]
C C/G C C/G C C/G Then I'm laying out my winter clothes, C (C)(C/B) Am G G7/F And wishing I was gone, going home... G6/E G/D C C/G Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me, C C/G Em Am G Leading me-----, ...going home G7/F G6/E G/D C C/G C C/G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 4]
C C/G C C/G | / / / / | / / / / | C C/G C In the clearing stands a boxer, C/G C (C)(C/B) Am And a fighter by his trade, G And he carries the reminders... G7/F G6/E G/D ...Of every glove that laid him down, C C C/G C C/G Or cut him 'til he cried out,
^ ^
C (C) (C/B) Am In his anger and his shame, G F/C 'I am leaving, I am leaving!', C G But the fighter still re - mains! Mmm - mm... mm! F/C C C/G C | / / / / | / / / / |
[Chorus]
C (C) (C/B) Am Em Lie -la - lie! Lie - la, lie- lie- lie, la- lie! Am G G7 Lie -la -lie! Lie - la, lie - lie - lie, la - lie!
[Chorus- repeats]
Am ||: La - la, la - la, lie------! Em Am Lie - la, lie - lie - lie, la - lie! Lie - la, lie! G G7 Lie - la, lie - lie - lie, la - lie... :|| [x8] [Coda] C C/G C C/G C (C/B) Am ...Lie---------------! | / / / / | / / / / | G G7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | C C/G C C/G C (C/B) Am | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G F/C C (C/B) Am | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G F C C/G C C/G C | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /||
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ADDITIONAL VERSE - A live performance alternative:
Used instead of the Instrumental Verse that appeared
on the original album version
C C/G C C/G C C/G C C/G Now the years are rolling by me, C C C/B Am They are rocking e - ven - ly, G And I am older than I once was, G7/F G6/E G/D C C/G And younger than I'll be, that's not un - usu - al, C C/G C (C) (C/B) Am No, it is - n't strange, G F/C After changes upon changes, C We are, more or less, the same, G F/C C C/G After changes we are, more or less, the same-------!
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[Double stop riff]
F/C (C) G
...and disre - gards the rest! Mmm - mm, mm!
...the ragged peop -le go, look -ing for...
...I took some com - fort there! La, la, lie...
But the fighter still re - mains, mmm - mm, mm!
We are, more or less, the same, af - ter changes
e |-----------------------------|
B |--1----/3---/5-----\3----\1--|
G |-----------------------------|
D |--2----/3---/5-----\3----\2--|
A |-----------------------------|
E |-----------------------------|
/ = Slide notes up \ = Slide notes down|
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[Intro - played by Fred Carter Jnr.]OPEN TUNING: D-A-D-G-B-d (Double dropped D)
Tune both the 6th and 1st strings down to D
FINE TUNING:
To add further fine tuning to match the original
album version, all strings can be tuned up by
approx. +20 cents above the open tuning.
CAPO: 4th fret
(Will then sound in the recorded [approx.] Key of B)
Fret positions are relative to the capo,
the chord shape is Dm6 (053200) which, with the
dropped tuning and the capo on the 4th fret,
will then sound as an F#m6
(Dm6)
d|--0-------------------------------------|
B|----0----0------0------0----------------|
G|------2----2------2------2----0-----0---|
D|-------------3------------------3-------|
A|--------------------5------5------5-----|
D|--0-------------------------------------|=====================================================
For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below three of the diagrams.
C/B G7/F G6/E
<12 of 15> <6 of 30> <2 of 60>
The remaining chord boxes can be the default first
option and don't need any reselecting. As long as you
are logged into your account, these choices will be
saved automatically for every time you view this tab