Originally in B, probably as C tuned down, I play in C
| C |
| C | Am |
| I am just a poor boy 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 | G | F/C | |
| All lies and | jest, still a | man hears what he | wants to hear |
| C | G7 | C | |
| And disregards the | rest |
| C | Am | |
| When I | left my home and my family, I was no more than a | boy |
| G | |
| In the | company of strangers |
| G7 | G6 | C | |
| In the | quiet of a | railway station, | running scared |
| Am | G | F | |
| Laying | low, seeking | out the poorer | quarters |
| C | |
| Where the ragged people | go |
| G | G7 | G6 | C | |
| Lookin’ | for the places | only | they would | know |
| Am | G | Am | |
| Lie la | lie, lie la | lie la lie la lie, lie la | lie |
| G | F | C | |
| Lie la | lie la la la | lie, lie la la la la | lie |
| C |
| C | |
| Asking | only workman’s wages I come |
| Am | G | |
| Looking for a | job but I get no | offers |
| G7 | G6 | C | |
| Just a | come-on from the | whores on Seventh | Avenue |
| Am | G | |
| I do de | clare, there were | times when I was |
| F/C | C |
| So lonesome I took some comfort | there |
| G7 | |
| La la | la la la la la |
| C |
Solo if appropriate on verse chords, followed by an extra chord that
I skip if there’s neither big harmonies nor solo
| C | Am | |
| Then I’m | laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was | gone |
| G | G7 | G6 | C | |
| Going | home where the | New York City | winters aren’t | bleeding me |
| Em | Am | G | G7 | C |
| Leading meee | eeee going | home |
| C |
| C | |
| In the | clearing stands a boxer and a |
| Am | |
| Fighter by his | trade |
| G | G7 | |
| And he | carries a reminder of | ev’ry |
| G6 | |
| Glove that | laid him down |
| C | |
| Or | cut him till he cried out in his |
| Am | |
| Anger and his | shame |
| G | F/C | |
| I am | leaving, I am | leaving |
| F/C | C | G | |
| But the | fighter still re | mains, mmm mmm | mmm |
| C |
This is like four minutes in the original, if no harmonies, keep
it to one chorus.
| Am | G | Am | |
| Lie la | lie, lie la | lie la lie la lie, lie la | lie |
| G | F | Am | |
| Lie la | lie la la la la, lie | la la la la | lie |
| Am | G | Am | |
| Lie la | lie, lie la | lie la lie la lie, lie la | lie |
| G | F | C |
| Lie la lie la la la la, lie | la la la la | lie |