SIMON & GARFUNKEL

IHE BIIIIER
By PAUL SIMON

AmEmG G/B G7 FlC Gadd4

I+ffi-ffiffiffi, ffiffiffiffi
bosrcshlmean€m:
t ll.,
n
r)
nv I l) tn=:;::::r:'
c
I

c
c l'l

c Gadd4 AlT G
lamjust a poor boythoLr8h rnystory's seldomiod have squa|dered my resistance for a pocketfu ofmumbes A
c Gadd{ Am G F/C
Such are promises All Lies and jest Stilla man hears what hewants to hear and disregards the rest
GGTC I

Hmrn hmm Hrnm Hmm hmm

(

C Gadd4 AMGGT
When lleli my home and myfam y lwas no more than a boy in the company of strangers in the quiet of the railway station
c Gadd{ Am G FlC C
It
r!nn:n' scarcd Laying ow seek ng out the poorer qlarterswhere the ragged people go
G Ftc c
Lookin for the paces only they \irou d kiow
Ev

charus:
AMEMAMGC Ev
Lielalie Lielalielie lielahe lielalie lieialblie ltelalte lalalala lie

c Gadd4Am G G7 C
Ask ng onlyworknran'9 waSes come ooking a iob but get no oifels
for lust a corne,on irom the whoTes on SeventhAvenue
Gadd4 Am G F/C C G G7 C
i do declare there were t mes when lwas so lonesorne I took some comfort ihere La a a La la la la ;
(nstrlrmenta verse) ll
By

lchotus)

c Gadd4 AMG G7C

Then 'm layingout mywinter clothesand wishing I was gore goin' home where the NewYork City \ainters aren't bleed ng me
EmAmGC
Lead ng me Goin' home

c Am
Gadd4 G G7 D
n the clearlng stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
and he carries the remindetx of every glove that laid him down or
c Gadd4 Am c Ftc
cut him't he cried out in hls anSer and his shame larn leavlng I am leavinS
cGFtcc D
I
Butthe fighter stillremains Hmrn hmm
D

AM EM AM G
G

le
Lie la lie lie la lie lielalb lie la lie lie lie la lie la la la la il
AM EM AM G D
Lie Lic la fic lic lielalic liclelic lie ]a lie le lielalie lalalala (lx) L

D
tl
c Gadd4 Am G G8dd4 Am G F/C C G F/C C G
Lie lf
G
sl

(frrs
As lward o Simon & Garfunhel's Columhia rc.ddinA BRIDGX OVr-R rROUBLED WAIER
copyriSht o 1968 Paul Simon (Bt\40
hternational Copyri8ht Secured. All Rights Reserved.
Reprinted by permission of Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP).

52 0U[Afl ri'0it0 tc0usltc