C5 I am just a poor boy A5 Though my story's seldom told G5 I have squandered my resistance G5 G5 C5 For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises A5 All lies and jests G5 F5 Still a man hears what he wants to hear C5 C5 And disregards the rest C5 When I left my home and my family C5 G5 A5 I was no more than a boy G5 In the company of strangers G5 G5 C5 In the quiet of the railway station running scared A5 G5 F5 Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters C5 Where the ragged people go G5 F5 C5 Looking for the places only they would know A5 Lie-la-lie G5 Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie A5 Lie la lie F5 C5 Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie C5 Asking only workman's wages C5 G5 A5 I come looking for a job G5 But I get no offers, G5 G5 C5 Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue A5 G5 F5 I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome C5 I took some comfort there C5 Then I'm laying out my winter clothes C5 G5 A5 And wishing I was gone G5 Going home G5 G5 C5 Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me A5 G5 Bleeding me, going home Repeat chorus During solo play the verse chord progression C5 In the clearing stands a boxer C5 G5 A5 And a fighter by his trade G5 And he carries the reminders G5 G5 Of ev'ry glove that layed him down C5 Or cut him till he cried out A5 F5 In his anger and his shame G5 F5 "I am leaving, I am leaving" C5 But the fighter still remains A5 Lie-la-lie G5 Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie A5 Lie la lie F5 A5 Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie G5 Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie A5 Lie la lie F5 C5 Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
