(Het nummer the Boxer van Simon and Garfunkel is onderdeel van het boekje #haardvuurheld met daarin de 20 leukste gitaarliedjes voor bij het kamp- of haardvuur. In het boekje vind je de bladmuziek en hier de instructievideo)

hier heb je de songtekst, veel plezier!

Couplet:
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told,
I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles
Such are promises. All lies and jest,
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest


Couplet:
When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers, in the quiet of a railway station
Running scared. Laying low,
Seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only the would know


Refrein:
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,
Lie la lie,
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie


Couplet:
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, la la la la la


Tussenspel:
Improviseer een fantastische solo!


Refrein:
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,
Lie la lie,
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie


Couplet:
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,
Bleeding me, going home


Couplet:
In the clearing stands the boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that layed him down
Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame,
"I am leaving, I am leaving!" But the fighter still remains


Refrein: (blijf herhalen zolang je wilt)
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,
Lie la lie,
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie




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