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                                                                       079

Title:				THE BOXER			(Simon)


		C                                             Am
		I am just a poor boy ...
		       G
		I have ...
		      G7             G6                C
		For a pocket full of ...
		             Am            G                 F
		All lies and jest, ...
		                   C     G  G7  G6  C
		And disregards...

		C                                                       Am
		When I left my home and ...
		       G
	 	In the ...
		       G7         G6               C
		In the quiet of a ...
		       Am           G              F
		Laying low, seeking ...
		                        C
		Where the ...
		        G              G7   G6         C
		Looking for the ...

		Am G Am G F C
		Lie la lie Lie la ...

		C                                                Am
		Asking only workman's w...
		             G
		But I get ...
		       G7               G6                C
		Just a come-on from ...
		       Am                G                F
		I do declare, there ...
		                    C
		I took some ....
		G                  G7  G6  C
		Lie lie ...


		From: RJBRANCH@argo.acs.oakland.edu
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 04:03 EST
Subject: BOXER.CRD

The Boxer                          
by Paul Simon         from the Album "Bridge Over Troubled Waters"



C                                                Am
I am just a poor boy, ...
           G
I have squandered ...
                      C
For a pocketful of ...
             Am            G                  F
All lies and jest still a man ...
                    C      G    C
And ...
                                                     Am
When I left my home and ...
         G
In the company of s...
        Dm7        C
In the quiet of a railway...
       Am           G                F
Laying low seeking out ...
         G              F    Em   Dm    C
Looking for the places ...
        Am
Lie-la-lie
        G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
        Am
Lie la lie
G                       F           G   C
Lie-la-lie la la la la ...
                                                 Am
Asking only workmans ...
                G
But I get no of...
         Dm7              C
Just a come-on from ...
        Am                 Dm7     G     F                                 C
I do declare there were t...
        G               C
Ooo-la-la la la la la

        Am
Lie-la-lie
        G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
        Am
Lie la lie
G                       F           G   C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

C
Then I'm laying out ...
G7  C              Am
And wishing I was ...
       G             Dm7      G7               G  C
Going home where the New ...
            Am
Leading me
        G
Going Home
       C                                            Am
In the clearing stands ....
          G
And he carries ...
    G7               C                        Dm7     G7        C
Of ev'ry glove th...
                        Am
In his anger ...
        G              F                              C
"I am Leaving, I am Leaving...

G C  G      F      C

        Am
Lie-la-lie
        G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
        Am
Lie la lie
 G                        F             Am
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie


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