Biography:
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He first gained world-wide recognition as the writing talent behind the popular American folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel formed with fellow musician Art Garfunkel. When Simon & Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon quickly began his solo career with the release of the self-titled album, Paul Simon. This was followed by There Goes Rhymin' Simon and Still Crazy After All These Years
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- American Tune
- Bookends
- Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
- Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
- Graceland
- Leaves That Are Green
- Loves Me Like A Rock
- Obvious Child
- Slip Sliding Away
- Some Folk's Lives
- Still Crazy After All These Years
- Still Crazy After All These Yeas (easier)
- What A Wonderful World
- You Can Call Me Al
- Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
- 10 Years
- A Church Is Burning
- A Simple Desultory Philippic
- All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints
- Allergies
- Another Galaxy
- April Come She Will
- Armistice Day
- Born At The Right Time
- Born In Puerto Rico
- Can I Forgive Him
- Cant Run But
- Cecilia
- Congratulations
- Crazy Love Vol 2
- Dazzling Blue
- Duncan
- El Condor Pasa
- Everything Put Together Falls Apart
- Father And Daughter
- For Emily Whenever I May Find Her
- Gumboots
- Hearts And Bones
- How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns
- Hurricane Eye
- I Know What I Know
- Id Do It For Your Love
- Jonah
- Kathys Song
- Koda Chrome
- Kodachrome
- Krapp Sving
- Late In The Evening
- Learn How To Fall
- Love
- Mother And Child Reunion
- Mrs Robinson
- Nobody
- Oh Marion
- Old
- On The Side Of A Hill
- One Mans Ceiling Is Another Mans Floor
- One Trick Pony
- Overs
- Papa Hobo
- Paranoia Blues
- Punkys Dilemma
- Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War
- Run That Body Down
- Silent Eyes
- Slip Slidin Away
- Something So Right
- Song About The Moon
- St Judys Comet
- Stranded In A Limousine
- Take Me To The Mardi Gras
- Tenderness
- That Was Your Mother
- Thats Where I Belong
- Thats Why God Made The Movies
- The Afterlife
- The Boxer
- The Boy In The Bubble
- The Coast
- The Cool Cool River
- The Late Great Johnny Ace
- The Obvious Child
- The Only Living Boy In New York
- The Werewolf
- Think Too Much A
- Think Too Much B
- Trailways Bus
- Train In The Distance
- Under African Skies
- Was A Sunny Day
- Wednesday Morning 3 Am
- Youre Kind
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Track: The Boxer
Artist: Paul Simon
Tabbed by: Rikki Starrett
I've had a good look this time, and nobody has got this one "spot on".
I pick the chords for my version, but they can be strummed just as easily.
Depending on your preference/ability.
TUNE ALL STRINGS DOWN A HALF-STEP/SEMITONE (OPTIONAL)
[Chords used]
C .... 332010
G/B .. X2000X
Am ... X02210
G .... 320003
G7 ... 320001
F .... 133211
Em ... 022000
[Intro]
C (picked or strummed - listen to the song and it's simple enough)
[Verse 1]
C
I am just a poor boy
G/B Am
Though my story's seldom told,
G
I have squandered my resistance
G7 C
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises.
G/B Am
All lies and jest,
G F
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
C G C
And disregards the rest.
[Verse 2]
C
When I left my home and my family
G/B Am
I was no more than a boy
G
In the company of strangers,
G7 C
In the quiet of a railway station running scared.
G/B Am G F
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
C
Where the ragged people go
G F C
Looking for the places only they would know.
[Chorus 1]
Am Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,
Am
Lie la lie,
G7 C
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.
[Verse 3]
C
Asking only workmans wages
G/B Am
I come looking for a job
G
But I get no offers,
G7 C
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
G/B Am G F
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
C G C
I took some comfort there, oeh la la la, la la la laa.
[Musical bridge]
C C G/B Am G G7 C
C G/B Am G F F C G F C
[Verse 4]
C
Now the years are rolling by me,
G/B Am
they are rockin' even me
G
I am older than I once was,
G7 C
and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual
Am G F C
No it isn't strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
G F C
After changes we are more or less the same.........
[Chorus 2]
Am Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,
Am
Lie la lie,
G7 C
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.
[Verse 5]
C
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
G/B Am
And wishing I was gone,
G
Going home
G7 C
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
Em Am G C
Bleeding me ____ Going home.
[Verse 6]
C
In the clearing stands the boxer
G/B Am
And a fighter by his trade
G
And he carries the reminders
G7
Of Every glove that layed him down
C
Or cut him till he cried out
G/B Am
In his anger and his shame,
G F
"I am leaving, I am leaving!"
C G F C
But the fighter still remains.
[Chorus 3] Repeat X8
Am Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,
Am
Lie la lie,
G7 C
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.
[Outro]
C C G/B Am G G7 C
C G/B Am G F F C G F C
Artist: Paul Simon
Tabbed by: Rikki Starrett
I've had a good look this time, and nobody has got this one "spot on".
I pick the chords for my version, but they can be strummed just as easily.
Depending on your preference/ability.
TUNE ALL STRINGS DOWN A HALF-STEP/SEMITONE (OPTIONAL)
[Chords used]
C .... 332010
G/B .. X2000X
Am ... X02210
G .... 320003
G7 ... 320001
F .... 133211
Em ... 022000
[Intro]
C (picked or strummed - listen to the song and it's simple enough)
[Verse 1]
C
I am just a poor boy
G/B Am
Though my story's seldom told,
G
I have squandered my resistance
G7 C
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises.
G/B Am
All lies and jest,
G F
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
C G C
And disregards the rest.
[Verse 2]
C
When I left my home and my family
G/B Am
I was no more than a boy
G
In the company of strangers,
G7 C
In the quiet of a railway station running scared.
G/B Am G F
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
C
Where the ragged people go
G F C
Looking for the places only they would know.
[Chorus 1]
Am Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,
Am
Lie la lie,
G7 C
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.
[Verse 3]
C
Asking only workmans wages
G/B Am
I come looking for a job
G
But I get no offers,
G7 C
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
G/B Am G F
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
C G C
I took some comfort there, oeh la la la, la la la laa.
[Musical bridge]
C C G/B Am G G7 C
C G/B Am G F F C G F C
[Verse 4]
C
Now the years are rolling by me,
G/B Am
they are rockin' even me
G
I am older than I once was,
G7 C
and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual
Am G F C
No it isn't strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
G F C
After changes we are more or less the same.........
[Chorus 2]
Am Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,
Am
Lie la lie,
G7 C
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.
[Verse 5]
C
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
G/B Am
And wishing I was gone,
G
Going home
G7 C
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
Em Am G C
Bleeding me ____ Going home.
[Verse 6]
C
In the clearing stands the boxer
G/B Am
And a fighter by his trade
G
And he carries the reminders
G7
Of Every glove that layed him down
C
Or cut him till he cried out
G/B Am
In his anger and his shame,
G F
"I am leaving, I am leaving!"
C G F C
But the fighter still remains.
[Chorus 3] Repeat X8
Am Em
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,
Am
Lie la lie,
G7 C
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.
[Outro]
C C G/B Am G G7 C
C G/B Am G F F C G F C
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