C.... 332010
G/B.. X2000X
Am... X02210
G.... 320003
G7... 320001
F.... 133211
Em... 022000
Intro: C (picked or strummed - listen to the song and it's simple enough)
Verse 1:
C
I am just a poor boy
G/BAm
Though my story's seldom told,
G
I have squandered my resistance
G7C
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises.
G/BAm
All lies and jest,
GF
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
CGC
And disregards the rest.
Verse 2:
C
When I left my home and my family
G/BAm
I was no more than a boy
G
In the company of strangers,
G7C
In the quiet of a railway station running scared.
G/BAmGF
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
C
Where the ragged people go
GFC
Looking for the places only the would know.
Chorus 1:
AmEm
Lie la lie, lie la lie lie, lie la lie,
Am
Lie la lie,
G7C
Lie la lie la lie la lie la la la la lie.
Verse 3:
C
Asking only workmans wages
G/BAm
I come looking for a job
G
But I get no offers,
G7C
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
G/BAmGF
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
CGC
I took some comfort there, la la la la la.
Musical bridge:
C, CG/BAm, G, G7, CCG/BAm, GF, FC, GF, C
Chorus 2: (Same as chorus one)
Verse 4:
C
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
G/BAm
And wishing I was gone,
G
Going home
G7C
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
EmAmGC
Bleeding me ____ Going home.
Verse 5:
C
In the clearing stands the boxer
G/BAm
And a fighter by his trade
G
And he carries the reminders
G7
Of Every glove that layed him down
C
Or cut him till he cried out
G/BAm
In his anger and his shame,
GF
"I am leaving, I am leaving!"
CG, F, C
But the fighter still remains.
Chorus 3: (Same) Repeat X8
Outro:
C, CG/BAm, G, G7, CCG/BAm, GF, FC, GF, C