Songbook |
The BoxerThe Simon and GarfunkelVon dem Album "Greatest Hits" 1972 |
Benutzte Akkorde, ihr braucht ein Kapodaster auf dem 1. Bund |
Verse 1: C 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 Am G F All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear C G G7 G6 C And disregards the rest 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 Am G F C Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go G G7 G6 C Looking for the places only they would know Am G Am G F C Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Lie la lie Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie Verse 2: 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 Am G F C I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there G G7 G6 C Ooo-la-la la la la la Instrumental: C - Am - G - G7 - G6 - C - Am - G - F - C - G - G7 - G6 - C Am G Am G Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Lie la lie Lie-la-lie la la la la lie Am G Am G F C Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Lie la lie Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie Verse 3: C Then I'm laying out my winter clothes Am And wishing I was gone G G7 G6 C Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me Am Leading me G C Going Home Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade G And he carries the reminders G G6 G7 C Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out Am In his anger and his shame G F C G Am G F C "I am Leaving, I am Leaving." But the Fighter still remains Am G Am G Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Lie la lie Lie-la-lie la la la la lie Am G Am G Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Lie la lie Lie-la-lie la la la la lie Am G Am G F C Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie Lie la lie Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie |
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