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 they 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, oeh la la la, la la la laa.
[Musical bridge]
CCG/BAmGG7CCG/BAmGFFCGFC
[Verse 4]
C
Now the years are rolling by me,
G/BAm
they are rockin' even me
G
I am older than I once was,
G7C
and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual
AmGFC
No it isn't strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
GFC
After changes we are more or less the same.........
[Chorus 2]
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 5]
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 6]
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!"
CGFC
But the fighter still remains.
[Chorus 3] Repeat X8
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.
[Outro]
CCG/BAmGG7CCG/BAmGFFCGFC