Capo fret. 2

Intro : NC

AI (x02220@1)am just a poor boy

A (x02220@1)               A/Ab (402220@1) F#mThough (244222@1)my story's seldom told

EI (022100@1)have squandered my resistance

E7 (020130@1)                            AFor (x02220@1)a pocket full of mumbles such are promises

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A/Ab (402220@1)   F#mAll (244222@1)lies and jests

E (022100@1)               DStill (xx0232@1)a man hears what he wants to hear

A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)disregards the rest hmm hmm hmm hmm

AWhen (x02220@1)I left my home and my family

A/Ab (402220@1)      F#mI (244222@1)was no more than a boy

E (022100@1)In the company of strangers

E (022100@1)    E7 (020130@1)                         AIn (x02220@1)the quiet of the railway station running scared

A/Ab (402220@1) F#m (244222@1)        E (022100@1)            DLaying (xx0232@1)low, seeking out the poorer quarters

AWhere (x02220@1)the ragged people go

E (022100@1)            E7 (020130@1)            ALooking (x02220@1)for the places only they would know

...    F#m (244222@1)  E (022100@1)  F#m (244222@1) E..... A (x02220@1)Lie la lie ...

AAsking (x02220@1)only workman's wages

A/Ab    F#m
I come looking for a job

EBut (022100@1)I get no offers,

E7 (020130@1)                              AJust (x02220@1)a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue

A/Ab (402220@1) F#m (244222@1)           E (022100@1)              DI (xx0232@1)do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome

A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)     E7 (020130@1)  AI (x02220@1)took some comfort there la la la la.....

A....A/Ab..F#m..E....E7....A....A/Ab..F#m..E..D....A..E...A

F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1) ELie (022100@1)la lie ...

AThen (x02220@1)I'm laying out my winter clothes

A (x02220@1)          A/Ab (402220@1)F#mAnd (244222@1)wishing I was gone

EGoing (022100@1)home

E7 (020130@1)                         AWhere (x02220@1)the New York City winters aren't bleeding me

E (022100@1)  F#m (244222@1)             E (022100@1)    E7 (020130@1) ABleeding (x02220@1)me,              going home

AIn (x02220@1)the clearing stands a boxer

A (x02220@1)           F/Ab   F#mAnd (244222@1)a fighter by his trade

EAnd (022100@1)he carries the reminders

E7Of (020130@1)ev'ry glove that layed him down

AOr (x02220@1)cut him till he cried out

A (x02220@1)          A/Ab (402220@1)  F#mIn (244222@1)his anger and his shame

E (022100@1)           D"I (xx0232@1)am leaving, I am leaving"

D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)ABut (x02220@1)the fighter still remains

A (x02220@1)    F#m (244222@1)  E (022100@1)  F#m (244222@1) E(ad (022100@1)lib)
Lie la lie ...

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