The Boxer

by Simon and Garfunkel · posted by mpurintun

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Tabbed by Mark Purintun
For the full song, go to:
http://www.harpinanawhinin.com
6  6   6  -6    6   5	     5   -5     6  6   7  -7    -6
| I am just a | poor boy, though my | story's seldom | told,
-6  -7      -6    6  6 -6    6  -4    -4 5
I have | squandered my re | sistance for a |
   -5 -5  -5  -5    -5  5     4   -4    -5 5 4   4
| pocket full of | mumbles, such are | promises |  |
 R  7    7   -7     7      7   7    7   -7    -7    -7   -7  -6  -6   -6
|  All lies and | jests, still a | man hears what | he wants to hear and |
   -6 -6  6   -5     6      5  -5   6  -4  -4   5  -5  5   -4  4
| disregards the | rest.   mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm
   5 -5    6   6   6    6  6     6-5 5  5 -5   6    7     7  -7 -6
When I | left my home and my | family, I was no | more than a boy |
  -6  -6 -6 6 6  -6      6  -4  -4  5    -5 -5 -5  -5    -5  5    4 -4
| in the company of | strangers in the | quiet of the | railway

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound