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From: R P Kent
Subject: REAL TAB!: The Boxer
Paul Simon: The Boxer
Tune all strings down one half step.
(Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)
C
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Am
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H H
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told. I have
G G7 G6
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
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squandered my resistance for a pocket- ful of mum- bles such are
C Am
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
promises.- All lies in jest still a man
G F/C C
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
- hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. Hmm,- hmm,-
G G7 C
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
____________________ hmm,____________ hmm,
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
hmm._________________
Am
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H H
left my home and my family I was no more than a boy in the
G G7 G6
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
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com-pany of strangers, in the qui-et of the railway station
C Am
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
runnin' scared.____________ Lay-ing low, seeking out
G F/C C
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
the poorer quarters where the rag- ged people go,________ lookin' for
G F/C C
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
the places on- ly they would know. Lie la lie
S/S
Am Em
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
lie la lie__ lie lie_ la lie__ Lie la lie
Am G
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
lie la lie____ lie lie la lie____ la la la la
C @2nd time to CODA
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
lie. Asking on-
C
Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
Am G
but I get no offers,
G7 G6 C
just a come on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
Am
I do declare,
G F/C
there were times when I was so lonesome
C
I took some comfort there.
G
La la la la la la la
G7 C
Instrumental verse
C G/B Am
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
G G7
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
C Am(V)
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G F/C C G/B Am
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
H
G F/C C S/S
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
@CODA
C
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
And I'm laying out_ my winter clothes and wishing I was
Am G
gone, goin' home,
G7 G6 C
where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
Em Am
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
leading me, __________________________________________ goin' home
G G7 C
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
In the clearing stand a box-
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
er and a fight- er by his trade and he carries the remind-
C
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
ers of every glove that laid him down or cut him till he
G/B Am G
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
cried out in his anger and his shame.__ I am leaving, I am
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
leaving but the fight- er still remains. Hmm___ hmm.
F/C C Am
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Lie la lie.___
Em Am
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G Play 8 times C
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G/B Am G
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
C
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
G/B Am G
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
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F/C C
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1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
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--
From: "Richard Ashley"
The Boxer
Paul Simon
INTRO:
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MAIN PART:
(CODA)
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I am just poor boy Though my sto- ry's sel - dom
left my home and my fam-i-ly, I was no more than a
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told, I have squan - dered my re - sis - tance For a
boy In the com - pa - ny of stran - gers In the
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pock - et - ful of mum - bles, Such are prom - is - es_________
qui - et of a rail - way sta - tion run - ning scared______
Am
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All lies and jest, Still a
Lay - ing low, seek - ing
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man hears what he wants to hear And dis - re - gards the
out the poor - er quar - ters Where the rag - ged peo - ple
C G
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rest.______________________
go, Look-ing for the plac - es (skip this bar)
G7 G6 C
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_____________________________________________________________________(CODA)
on - ly they would know (chorus)
CHORUS:
C Am
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Lie - la - lie, Lie - la -
G Am
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lie la lie - la - lie lie - la - lie
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Lie - la - lie la la la la Lie - la - la la la
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lie._____________________
ADDITIONAL WORDS:
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, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there.
Ooo-la-la la la la la.
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
Leading me, going home.
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
and he carries the reminders of ev'ry glove that's laid him down
Or cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
But the fighter still remains.
Quite a sad song, but one of my favourites.
:-)
Cheers Richard
MY MOST WANTED...
Put it there - Paul McCartney (need some help)
Still haven't found what I'm looking for - U2
Starman - David Bowie
(I'm sure that Scott Yanoff must have the U2 one)
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| Richard Ashley |"The surest sign that intelligent |
| Astronomy Dept | life exists out there, is that |
| University of Cape Town | none of it has tried to contact |
| South Africa | us." - Calvin |
| ashley@physci.uct.ac.za |"The world is a complicated place" |
| ashley@uctvax.uct.ac.za | - Calvin |
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