Intro G
G I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom Em told, I have
D squandered my resistance for a D7 pocket full of mumbles such are
G promises, G Em All lies and jest, still a
D man hears what he C wants to hear and disregards the G rest
G hmm D hmmm D7 hmmm G hmmmm G
When I G left my home and my family, I was no more than a Em boy, in the
D company of strangers, in the D7 quiet of the railway station
G running scared, G Em Laying low, seeking
D out the poorer C quarters where the ragged people G go, looking
D for the places C only they would G know
Lie la Em lie..., lie la D lie la lie la lie
Lie la Em lie..., lie la Am lie la lie la D lie, la la lie la G lie
Asking G only workman's wages, I come looking for a Em job, but I get no
D offers, just a D7 come-on from the whores on Seventh
G Avenue, G Em I do declare, there were
D times when I was C so lonesome I took some comfort G there
G la la D la la la D7 la la G hmmmm G
Lie la Em lie..., lie la D lie la lie la lie
Lie la Em lie..., lie la Am lie la lie la D lie, la la lie la G lie
Then I'm G laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was Em gone, going
D home, where the D7 New York City winters aren't
G bleeding me, Bm Leading Bm Em me going
D home D ... D7 hmmm G hmmmm G
In the G clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his Em trade, and he
D carries the reminders of D7 every glove that laid him down, or
G cut him till he cried out in his anger and his Em shame, "I am
D leaving, I am C leaving", but the fighter still re-Gmains,
G .. D ... D7 hmmm G hmmmm G
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Em lie..., lie la D lie la lie la lie
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