Some simple fingerpicking will do the trick.
Intro: B
B Abm
I am just a poor boy, though my story is seldom told.
Gb
I have squandered my resistance,
Gb7 Gb B
For a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises.
Abm
All lies and jest;
Gb E B Gb Gb7 Gb B
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
B Abm
When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy,
Gb
In the company of strangers,
Gb7 Gb B
In the quiet of the railway station, runnin' scared.
Abm Gb E
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters,
B
Where the ragged people go.
Gb E Gb Gb7 B
Lookin' for the places, only they would know.
Abm
Lie-la-lie
Ebm
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Abm
Lie la lie
Gb B
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
B Abm
Asking only workman's wages I come lookin' for a job,
Gb
But I get no offers,
Gb7 Gb B
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
Abm Gb E
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome,
B Gb Gb7 Gb B
I took some comfort there.
Interlude: B Abm Gb B Abm Gb E B
Abm
Lie-la-lie
Ebm
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Abm
Lie la lie
Gb B
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
B Abm Gb
And I m laying out my winter clothes, and wishing I was gone, goin home
Gb7 Gb B Ebm Abm Gb
Where the New York City winters aren t bleedin me, leadin me goin home.
B Abm
In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade,
Gb Gb7 Gb
And he carries the reminders, of every glove that laid him down,
B Abm
Or cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame,
Gb E
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
B Gb Gb7 Gb B
But the fighter still remains
Outro:
Abm
Lie-la-lie
Ebm
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Abm
Lie la lie
Gb
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 10x
Gb B
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
