Тональность

 
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
All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear
C  G7  G6  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  F  C
Looking for the places only they would know

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Am  Em  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.

C  Am
Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job
G
But I get no offers
G7  G6  C
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
Am  G  F
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
C
I took some comfort there
G  F  F  C
Lie lie lie lie la

C  Am
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
G  G7  G6  C  Em
Goinghome where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Am  G  G7  C
Leading me, to going home 

C  Am
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
G  G7
And he carries a reminder of ev'ry glove that laid him down
C  Am
Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
G  F
I am leaving, I am leaving
C  G  G7  C
But the fighter still remains mmmmm mmmm 

Chorus