Although this can be played with a Capo on 5, this version is played with NO CAPO



CI (x32010@1)am just a poor boy
                         AmThough (x02210@1)my story's seldom told
       GI (320003@1)have squandered my resistance
      G7 (320001@1)           G6 (320000@1)             CFor (x32010@1)a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
             AmAll (x02210@1)lies and jests
        G (320003@1)               FStill (133211@1)a man hears what he wants to hear
                   C (x32010@1)  CAnd (x32010@1)disregards the rest

CWhen (x32010@1)I left my home and my family
      C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)    AmI (x02210@1)was no more than a boy
       GIn (320003@1)the company of strangers
       G7 (320001@1)         G6 (320000@1)                CIn (x32010@1)the quiet of the railway station running scared
       Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)             FLaying (133211@1)low, seeking out the poorer quarters
                        CWhere (x32010@1)the ragged people go
         G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)             CLooking (x32010@1)for the places only they would know

AmLie-la-lie (x02210@1)       GLie-la-lie (320003@1)la lie-la-lie
       AmLie (x02210@1)la lie
       F (133211@1)                             CLie-la-lie (x32010@1)la la la la lie la la la la lie

CAsking (x32010@1)only workman's wages
       C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   AmI (x02210@1)come looking for a job
             GBut (320003@1)I get no offers,
       G7 (320001@1)             G6 (320000@1)              CJust (x32010@1)a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
     Am (x02210@1)                G (320003@1)                 FI (133211@1)do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
                    CI (x32010@1)took some comfort there

CThen (x32010@1)I'm laying out my winter clothes
    C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)    AmAnd (x02210@1)wishing I was gone
      GGoing (320003@1)home
          G7 (320001@1)          G6 (320000@1)           CWhere (x32010@1)the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Am (x02210@1)               GBleeding (320003@1)me, going home

Repeat chorus

During solo play the verse chord progression

CIn (x32010@1)the clearing stands a boxer
      C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)    AmAnd (x02210@1)a fighter by his trade
       GAnd (320003@1)he carries the reminders
   G7 (320001@1)             G6Of (320000@1)ev'ry glove that layed him down
   COr (x32010@1)cut him till he cried out
       Am (x02210@1)          FIn (133211@1)his anger and his shame
      G (320003@1)            F"I (133211@1)am leaving, I am leaving"
        CBut (x32010@1)the fighter still remains

AmLie-la-lie (x02210@1)       GLie-la-lie (320003@1)la lie-la-lie
       AmLie (x02210@1)la lie
       F (133211@1)                             AmLie-la-lie (x02210@1)la la la la lie la la la la lie

GLie-la-lie (320003@1)la lie-la-lie
       AmLie (x02210@1)la lie
       F (133211@1)                             CLie-la-lie (x32010@1)la la la la lie la la la la lie