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* This is my interpretation of another artist's work. I have created *
* nothing new. I'm just trying to make it as easy as possible for *
* guitarists to jam on some cool tunes. Please spread the music. *
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The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel
(Capo 2nd fret)
A
A A/G# F#m
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
E E7
I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles
A F#m
Such are promises, all lies and jest
E D A E A
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest
When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers in the quiet of the railway station
Running scared, laying low
E D A
Seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
E D A
looking for the places only they would know
F#m C#m
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie, la-lie
F#m E E7 A
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-la-lie
Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job
But I get no offers - just a come-on from the whores
On Seventh Avenue - I do declare
E D A E A
There were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there
*Interlude* (verse)
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie, la-lie
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-la-lie
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
Going home where the New York City winters
A C#m F#m
Aren't bleeding me - leading me
E A
Going home
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of ev'ry glove that laid him down
or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
On Seventh Avenue - I do declare
E D A E D A
"I am leaving, I am leaving," but the fighter still remains
F#m C#m
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie, la-lie
F#m E E7 F#m
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-la-lie
C#m
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie, la-lie
F#m E E7 F#m
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie, la-lie
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie, la-lie
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie, la-lie
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie, la-lie
Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-la-lie...
Copyright 1966
By Paul Simon
Bridge Over Troubled Water
(Capo 2nd fret)
Chords:
A A/G# F#m E E7 D C#m
f#||-0---0-----2---0--0---2---4--
C#||-2---2-----2---0--0---3---5--
A ||-2---2-----2---1--1---2---6--
E ||-2---2-----4---2--0---0---6--
B ||-0---0-----4---2--2---0---4--
F#||-----4-----2---0--0----------
I welcome questions, comments, corrections, etc...
Unless noted, all songs are worked out by myself.
michael@cosmic-kitchen.org
https://cosmic-kitchen.com