Capo fret. 2 Intro : NC A5 I am just a poor boy A5 A5 F#5 Though my story's seldom told E5 I have squandered my resistance E5 A5 For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises ... A5 F#5 All lies and jests E5 D5 Still a man hears what he wants to hear A5 E5 E5 A5 And disregards the rest hmm hmm hmm hmm A5 When I left my home and my family A5 F#5 I was no more than a boy E5 In the company of strangers E5 E5 A5 In the quiet of the railway station running scared A5 F#5 E5 D5 Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters A5 Where the ragged people go E5 E5 A5 Looking for the places only they would know ... F#5 E5 F#5 E..... A5 Lie la lie ... A5 Asking only workman's wages A5 F#5 I come looking for a job E5 But I get no offers, E5 A5 Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue A5 F#5 E5 D5 I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome A5 E5 E5 A5 I took some comfort there la la la la..... A....A..F#m..E....E7....A....A..F#m..E..D....A..E...A5 F#5 E5 F#5 E5 Lie la lie ... A5 Then I'm laying out my winter clothes A5 A5 F#5 And wishing I was gone E5 Going home E5 A5 Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me E5 F#5 E5 E5 A5 Bleeding me, going home A5 In the clearing stands a boxer A5 F5 F#5 And a fighter by his trade E5 And he carries the reminders E5 Of ev'ry glove that layed him down A5 Or cut him till he cried out A5 A5 F#5 In his anger and his shame E5 D5 "I am leaving, I am leaving" D5 A5 E5 E5 A5 But the fighter still remains A5 F#5 E5 F#5 E5 (ad lib) Lie la lie ... Outro : A....A..F#m..E....E7....A....A..F#m..E..D....A..E..E7...A5