C5                                                A5 
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told 
           G5 
I have squandered my resistance  
                      C5 
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises 
             A5            G5                  F5 
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear  
                    C5      G5    C5 
And disregards the rest 
                                                     A5 
When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy 
         G5 
In the company of strangers 
        D5        C5 
In the quiet of a railway station running scared 
       A5           G5                F5 
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go 
         G5              F5    E5   D5    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 
G5                       F5           G5   C5 
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 
                                                 A5 
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job 
                G5 
But I get no offers 
         D5              C5 
Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue 
        A5                 D5     G5     F5                                 C5 
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there 
        G5               C5 
Ooo-la-la la la la la 
 

        A5 
Lie-la-lie 
        G5 
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie 
        A5 
Lie la lie 
G5                       F5           G5   C5 
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 
 

C5 
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes 
G5  C5              A5 
And wishing I was gone  
       G5             D5      G5               G5  C5 
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me 
            A5 
Leading me 
        G5 
Going Home 
       C5                                            A5 
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade 
          G5 
And he carries the reminders  
    G5               C5                        D5     G5        C5 
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out 
                        A5 
In his anger and his shame 
        G5              F5                              C5 
"I am Leaving, I am Leaving."  But the Fighter still remains 
 

G5 C5  G5      F5      C5 
 
        A5 
Lie-la-lie 
        G5 
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie 
        A5 
Lie la lie 
 G5                        F5             A5 
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 
 
 
Repeat & Fade