C Em Am
I am just a poor boy, though my story’s seldom told
G
I have squandered my resistence
G7 C Cmaj7
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
C Am G F
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
C Em Am G F C
And disregards the rest
Em Am
When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy
G
In the company of strangers
G7 C
In the quiet of a railway station running scared
Am G F C
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged
people go
G F C
Looking for the places only they would know
Am Em G Am
Lie-la-lie — Lie-la-lielalie-la-lie — Lie la lie
F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
C Am
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
G
But I get no offers
G7 C
Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue
Am G7 F
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome
C G
I took some comfort there. Ooo-la-la la la la la
Solo: C C G Am G G7 C
C G Am G F F C G F C
Am Em G Am
Lie-la-lie — Lie-la-lielalie-la-lie — Lie la lie
F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Am Em G Am
Lie-la-lie — Lie-la-lielalie-la-lie — Lie la lie
F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
C
Then I’m laying out my winter clothes
Em Am
And wishing I was gone
G
Going home
G7 C
where the New York City winters aren’t bleeding me
Am
Leading me
G
Going Home
C Em Am
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
G
And he carries the reminders
G7 C
Of ev’ry glove that laid him down or cut him ’til he cried out
Em Am
In his anger and his shame
G F C Em Am G F C
“I am Leaving, I am Leaving.” But the Fighter still remains
Am Em G Am
Lie-la-lie — Lie-la-lielalie-la-lie — Lie la lie
F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Am Em G Am
Lie-la-lie — Lie-la-lielalie-la-lie — Lie la lie
F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
I am just a poor boy, though my story’s seldom told
G
I have squandered my resistence
G7 C Cmaj7
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
C Am G F
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
C Em Am G F C
And disregards the rest
Em Am
When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy
G
In the company of strangers
G7 C
In the quiet of a railway station running scared
Am G F C
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged
people go
G F C
Looking for the places only they would know
Am Em G Am
Lie-la-lie — Lie-la-lielalie-la-lie — Lie la lie
F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
C Am
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
G
But I get no offers
G7 C
Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue
Am G7 F
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome
C G
I took some comfort there. Ooo-la-la la la la la
Solo: C C G Am G G7 C
C G Am G F F C G F C
Am Em G Am
Lie-la-lie — Lie-la-lielalie-la-lie — Lie la lie
F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Am Em G Am
Lie-la-lie — Lie-la-lielalie-la-lie — Lie la lie
F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
C
Then I’m laying out my winter clothes
Em Am
And wishing I was gone
G
Going home
G7 C
where the New York City winters aren’t bleeding me
Am
Leading me
G
Going Home
C Em Am
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
G
And he carries the reminders
G7 C
Of ev’ry glove that laid him down or cut him ’til he cried out
Em Am
In his anger and his shame
G F C Em Am G F C
“I am Leaving, I am Leaving.” But the Fighter still remains
Am Em G Am
Lie-la-lie — Lie-la-lielalie-la-lie — Lie la lie
F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Am Em G Am
Lie-la-lie — Lie-la-lielalie-la-lie — Lie la lie
F G C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
