(:groupheader:)(:Summary:{$:By} {$:Written}:) (:By: Paul Simon:) (:Written:1968:) (:Ref:Wikipedia:The_Boxer:) ||: [C]I am just a [C]poor boy though my [C]story's seldom [Am]told I have [G]squandered my [G]resistance, for a [G7]pocket full of [G6]mumbles, such are [C]promises [C] All lies and [Am]jest, still a [G]man hears what he [F]wants to hear And [F]disregards the [C]rest [G] [G7] [G6] [C] [C] <:vspace> When I [C]left my home and my [C]family, I was [C]no more than a [Am]boy In the [G]company of [G]strangers, in the [G7]quiet of a [G6]railway station, [C]running scared [C] Laying [Am]low, seeking [G]out the poorer [F]quarters Where the [F]ragged people [C]go, looking [G]for the places [G7]only [G6]they would [C]know [C] <:vspace> {ci:Chorus} {soc} Lie-la-[Am]lie[Am], Lie-la-[G]lie la lie-la-[G]lie, Lie-la-[Am]lie, [Am] Lie-la-[G]lie la la la la, [F]lie la la la la [C]lie [C] {eoc} <:vspace> Asking [C]only workman's [C]wages I come [C]looking for a [Am]job But I get no [G]offers[G], just a [G7]come-on from the [G6]whores on Seventh [C]Avenue [C] I do de[Am]clare, there were [G]times when I was [F]so lonesome I [F]took some comfort [C]there, [G]lie lie lie lie la [G7] [G6] [C] [C] <:vspace> Then I'm [C]laying out my [C]winter clothes and [C]wishing I was [Am]gone Going [G]home[G], where the [G7]New York City [C6]winters aren't [C]bleeding me [C] Leading [Am]me, to going [G]home [G7] [G6] [C] [C] <:vspace> In the [C]clearing stands a [C]boxer and a [C]fighter by his [Am]trade And he [G]carries a re[G]minder of [G7]every glove that [G6]laid him down or [C]cut him till he [C]cried out In his [C]anger and his [Am]shame, I am [G]leaving, I am [F]leaving But the [F]fighter still re[C]mains mmm[G]mm mmmm [G7] [G6] [C] <:vspace> {c:Chorus} <:vspace> And the [C]years are rolling [C]by me, they are [C]rocking even[Am]ly I am [G]older than I [G]once was, and [G7]younger than I'll [G6]be that's not un[C]usual [C] [C]No it isn't [Am]strange After [G]changes upon [F]changes we are [F]more or less the [C]same After [G]changes we are [G7]more or [G6]less the [C]same <:vspace> {c:Chorus} :||(:groupfooter:) <:block>