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the boxer
written by paul simon, art garfunkel
simon and garfunkel
tabbed by leslie kirchhoff
contact >> lobster418@hotmail.com
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tuning half step down. sounds fine with standard tuning tho. and also in the song, they
are a little flat on their tuning.
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
this song uses travis picking, which is in most simon and garfunkel songs
basically a rocking baseline with your thumb on the 3 lowest strings then alternating
high notes.
h - hammer on
p - pulloff
into 0:00 - 0:03
|--3-----------------------------------------
|----h5p3h5p3---5p3---5p3---1------1---------
|-------------3-----0-----0---h3p0----------- goes right into next part:
|--------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------
verse:
C/G Am
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----1-------1--------1-------1--------1-------1--------1--------1-------1----------------1---
|--------0-------0--------0-------0--------0-------0--------0--------0-------0---------------2
|------2-------2--------2-------2--------2-------2--------2--------2-------2----------------2-
|--3----------------3----------------3----------------3----------------3--------3---2---0-----
|----------3----------------3----------------3-----------------3------------------------------
I am just a poor boy tho my storie's seldom told
Am G C
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---1--------3-------3-------3-------3--------3-------3--------3------3--------1---------
|------2---------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0-------0-------0-------2------
|-----2--------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0--------0------0--------2-------
|-0-----------------------------------------2-------2--------2------2--------3-----------
|----------3-------3-------3-------3-----------------------------------------------------
i have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
C Am G C
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----1------1-------------1------1------3-------3--------3--------3---------3--------3------1---
|-------0------0-------------2-----2--------0-------3--------0--------0---------0-------0-----0-
|------2------2-------------2-----2-------0-------0--------0--------0---------0--------0-----2--
|--3------3------3---2--0------0-----------------------2--------2---------2--------2------3-----
|-------------------------------------3-------3-------------------------------------------------
all lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest
G C
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---1-------3------3------3-----3-------1------1---------------------------------------
|-------0------0------0-----0------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------
|-----2-------0------0-----0------0-------2------2-- repeat-c-chord--------------------
|-3---------------------2-----2-------3------3-----------------------------------------
|---------3------3---------------------------------------------------------------------
mm hmmm mm mmm mmmmm mmm mmm...
repeat back to the beginning for next verse then chous:
(coming out of c chord)
Am G Am G C
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------1-------x4-------3-----x4---------------------1----x4------3-----x2----3----x2----1----x4 then back
|-------------2---------------0----------------------------2-------------0---------0-----------0-- to intro, not
|-----------2----------------0----------------------------2-------------0---------0-----------2--- the whole thing
|-------0---------------------------------------------0------------------------2----------3------- i think, but
|------------------------3-----------------------------------------3------------------------------ then right to
lie la lie lie la lie lie lie la lie lalalala lie lie la lie lie..... lie the words
then once without words, with a flute or something.
ok heres the order:
intro
verse
verse
chorus
intro
verse
verse with no words
chorus
intro
verse
verse
chorus like 5 or 6 times
verse with no words
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