[Verse] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told <b class="chord">G</b> I have squandered my resistance <b class="chord">C</b> For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">F</b> All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> And disregards the rest <b class="chord">Am</b> When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy <b class="chord">G</b> In the company of strangers <b class="chord">Dm7</b> <b class="chord">C</b> In the quiet of a railway station running scared <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Looking for the places only they would know [Interlude] <b class="chord">Am</b> Lie-la-lie <b class="chord">G</b> Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie <b class="chord">Am</b> Lie la lie <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie [Verse] <b class="chord">Am</b> Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job <b class="chord">G</b> But I get no offers <b class="chord">Dm7</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Dm7</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b> I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there [Interlude] <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Ooo-la-la la la la la <b class="chord">Am</b> Lie-la-lie <b class="chord">Em</b> Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie <b class="chord">Am</b> Lie la lie <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie [Verse] <b class="chord">C</b> Then I'm laying out my winter clothes <b class="chord">G7</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> And wishing I was gone <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Dm7</b> <b class="chord">G7</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me <b class="chord">Am</b> Leading me <b class="chord">G</b> Going Home <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade <b class="chord">G</b> And he carries the reminders <b class="chord">G7</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Dm7</b> <b class="chord">G7</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out <b class="chord">Am</b> In his anger and his shame <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b> "I am Leaving, I am Leaving." But the Fighter still remains [Interlude] <b class="chord">Am</b> Lie-la-lie <b class="chord">Em</b> Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie <b class="chord">Am</b> Lie la lie <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie (repeat &amp; fade)