Intro: |
| C | C | C | C | C C/B | |
| Am | Am | Am | G | G | G | G7 | |
| C | C | C C/B | Am | G | F | F | |
| C | G | G | F | F | C | C | |
| C | |
C |
I am just a poor boy |
C/B Am |
Though my story's seldom told |
G |
I have squandered my resistance |
G7 |
For a pocketful of mumbles |
C |
Such are promises |
C/B Am |
All lies and jest |
G |
Still, a man hears what he |
F |
Wants to hear |
C G C |
And disregards the rest |
C |
When I left my home |
C |
And my family |
C/B Am |
I was no more than a boy |
G |
In the company of strangers |
G7 |
In the quiet of the railway station |
C |
Running scared |
Am |
Laying low |
G F |
Seeking out the poorer quarters |
C |
Where the ragged people go |
G |
Looking for the places |
F C |
Only they would know |
Bridge: |
| Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| Am | Am | G | G | |
| C | C | C | C | |
C |
Asking only workman's wages |
C/B Am |
I come looking for a job |
G |
But I get no offers |
G7 |
Just a come-on from the whores |
C |
On Seventh Avenue |
C/B Am |
I do declare |
G |
There were times when I was |
F |
So lonesome |
C G |
I took some comfort there |
Bridge: |
| C | C | C | C | |
| C C/B | Am | G | G | G7 | G7 | |
| C | C | C C/B | Am | G | F | F | |
| G | F | C | C | |
| Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| Am | Am | G | G | |
| Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| Am | Am | G | G | |
| C | C | C | C | |
C |
Then I'm laying out |
C |
My winter clothes |
C/B Am |
And wishing I was gone |
G |
Going home |
G7 |
Where the New York City winters |
C Em |
Aren't bleeding me |
Am |
Leading me |
G C |
Going home |
C |
In the clearing stands a boxer |
C/B Am |
And a fighter by his trade |
G |
And he carries the reminders |
G7 |
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down |
C |
Or cut him till he cried out |
C/B Am |
In his anger and his shame |
G F |
"I am leaving, I am leaving" |
C G F C |
But the fighter still remains |
Bridge: |
C C C Am x2 |
Ending: |
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| Am | Am | G | G | |
| Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| Am | Am | G | G | |
| Am | Am | Em | Em | |
| Am | Am | G | G | |
| C | C | C | C | |
| C | |
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