Intro: B0 0 B1 G#m2 1I am just a poor boy, though my story is seldom told. F#3 2I have squandered my resistance, F#74 F#5 B6 3For a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises. G#m7 4All lies and jest; F#8 E9 B10 F#11 F#712 F#13 B14 5Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. 6 7 B15 G#m16 8When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy, F#17 9In the company of strangers, F#718 F#19 B20 10In the quiet of the railway station, runnin' scared. G#m21 F#22 E23 11Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters, B24 12Where the ragged people go. F#25 E26 F#27 F#728 B29 13Lookin' for the places, only they would know. 14 15 G#m30 16Lie-la-lie D#m31 17Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie G#m32 18Lie la lie F#33 B34 19Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 20 21 B35 G#m36 22Asking only workman's wages I come lookin' for a job, F#37 23But I get no offers, F#738 F#39 B40 24Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue. G#m41 F#42 E43 25I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome, B44 F#45 F#746 F#47 B48 26I took some comfort there. 27 Interlude: B49 G#m50 F#51 B52 G#m53 F#54 E55 B56 28 G#m57 29Lie-la-lie D#m58 30Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie G#m59 31Lie la lie F#60 B61 32Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 33 34 B62 G#m63 F#64 35And I m laying out my winter clothes, and wishing I was gone, goin home F#765 F#66 B67 D#m68 G#m69 F#70 36Where the New York City winters aren t bleedin me, leadin me goin home. 37 38 B71 G#m72 39In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade, F#73 F#774 F#75 40And he carries the reminders, of every glove that laid him down, B76 G#m77 41Or cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame, F#78 E79 42"I am leaving, I am leaving." B80 F#81 F#782 F#83 B84 43But the fighter still remains 44 45Outro: G#m85 46Lie-la-lie D#m86 47Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie G#m87 48Lie la lie F#88 49Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 10x 50 F#89 B90 51Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie