C 
I am just a poor boy 
                         Am 
Though my story's seldom told 
       G 
I have squandered my resistance 
      G7             G6               C 
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises 
             Am 
All lies and jests 
        G                 F 
Still a man hears what he wants to hear 
                   C    C 
And disregards the rest 

       C 
When I left my home and my family 
      C       G      Am 
I was no more than a boy 
       G 
In the company of strangers 
       G7           G6                  C 
In the quiet of the railway station running scared 
       Am           G               F 
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters 
                        C 
Where the ragged people go 
         G             F               C 
Looking for the places only they would know 

        Am 
Lie-la-lie 
       G 
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie 
       Am 
Lie la lie 
       F                               C 
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 

       C 
Asking only workman's wages 
       C       G     Am 
I come looking for a job 
             G 
But I get no offers, 
       G7               G6                C 
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue 
     Am                  G                   F 
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome 
                    C 
I took some comfort there 


         C 
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes 
    C       G      Am 
And wishing I was gone 
      G 
Going home 
          G7            G6             C 
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me 
Am                 G 
Bleeding me, going home 


Repeat chorus 

During solo play the verse chord progression  

       C 
In the clearing stands a boxer 
      C       G      Am 
And a fighter by his trade 
       G 
And he carries the reminders 
   G7               G6 
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down 
   C 
Or cut him till he cried out 
       Am            F 
In his anger and his shame 
      G              F 
"I am leaving, I am leaving" 
        C 
But the fighter still remains 

        Am 
Lie-la-lie 
       G 
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie 
       Am 
Lie la lie 
       F                               Am 
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 

       G 
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie 
       Am 
Lie la lie 
       F                               C 
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie