1. [C#] I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom [Bbm] told
I have [Ab] squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are [C#] promises
All lies and [Bbm] jest
Still, a [Ab] man hears what he wants to [F#] hear
And disregards the [C#] rest
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-[Ab] mm
Mm-mm-mm-mm-[C#] mm
When I [C#] left my home and my family
I was no more than a [Bbm] boy
In the [Ab] company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station
[C#] Running scared
Laying [Bbm] low, seeking [Ab] out the poorer [F#] quarters
Where the ragged people [C#] go
Looking [Ab] for the places [F#] only they would [C#] know
Lie-la-[Bbm] lie
Lie-la-[Fm] lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-[Bbm]lie
Lie-la-[Ab] lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-[C#] lie
2. Asking [C#] only workman's wages
I come looking for a [Bbm] job
But I get no [Ab] offers
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh [C#] Avenue
I do [Bbm] declare, there were [Ab] times when I was so [F#] lonesome
I took some comfort [C#] there
La-la-la-la-la-la-[Ab] la [C#]
Now the [C#] years are rolling by me
they are rockin' [Bbm] evenly
I am [Ab] older than I once was
and younger than I'll be and that's not [C#] unusual.
No it isn't [Bbm] strange
after [Ab] changes upon [F#] changes
we are more or less the [C#] same
after [Ab] changes we are [F#] more or less the [C#] same
Lie-la-[Bbm] lie
Lie-la-[Fm] lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-[Bbm]lie
Lie-la-[Ab] lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-[C#] lie
3. Then I'm [C#] laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was [Bbm] gone
Going [Ab] home
Where the New York City winters aren't [C#] bleeding me
[Fm] Leading [Bbm] me
Going [Ab] home [C#]
In the [C#] clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his [Bbm] trade
And he [Ab] carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
Or [C#] cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his [Bbm] shame
"I am [Ab] leaving, I am [F#] leaving"
But the fighter still [C#] remains [Ab] [F#] [C#]
Lie-la-[Bbm] lie
Lie-la-[Fm] lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-[Bbm] lie
Lie-la-[Ab] lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-[Bbm] lie
Lie-la-[Fm] lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-[Bbm]lie
Lie-la-[Ab] lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-[Bbm] lie
Lie-la-[Fm] lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-[Bbm]lie
Lie-la-[Ab] lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-[C#] lie