G Em
I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told
D C
I have squandered my resistance For a pocket full of
G Em D
mumbles such are promises All lies and jest,still a man hears
C G D C G
what he wants to hear disregards the rest
G Em
When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
D C
In the company of strangers In the quiet of a railway station
G Em D C
running scared Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
C
Where the ragged people go
D C D G
Looking forthe places only they would know
Em D Em C
Lie la lie Lie la lie la lie la lie Lie la lie lie la lie
D G
la la la la lie la la la la
G Em
Asking only workman’s wages I come looking for a job
D C G
But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Ave
Em D C
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome I took
G D C G
some comfort there ooh la la la la la la
G Em
Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
D C D G
Going home where the New York City winters aren’t bleeding me
Em D
Leading me, going home.
G Em
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
D
And he carries
C G
the reminders of every glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried
Em D C
out in his anger and his shame I am leaving,
I am leaving but the fighter
G D C Em D Em
still remains Lie la lie lie la lie la lie la lie Lie la lie
C D Em
lie la lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Repeat lie la lie etc but end on G fading
I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told
D C
I have squandered my resistance For a pocket full of
G Em D
mumbles such are promises All lies and jest,still a man hears
C G D C G
what he wants to hear disregards the rest
G Em
When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
D C
In the company of strangers In the quiet of a railway station
G Em D C
running scared Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
C
Where the ragged people go
D C D G
Looking forthe places only they would know
Em D Em C
Lie la lie Lie la lie la lie la lie Lie la lie lie la lie
D G
la la la la lie la la la la
G Em
Asking only workman’s wages I come looking for a job
D C G
But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Ave
Em D C
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome I took
G D C G
some comfort there ooh la la la la la la
G Em
Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
D C D G
Going home where the New York City winters aren’t bleeding me
Em D
Leading me, going home.
G Em
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
D
And he carries
C G
the reminders of every glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried
Em D C
out in his anger and his shame I am leaving,
I am leaving but the fighter
G D C Em D Em
still remains Lie la lie lie la lie la lie la lie Lie la lie
C D Em
lie la lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Repeat lie la lie etc but end on G fading
