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Verse 1 -

Open Chords: Am, Em, C, G, Fmaj7 Chord (F∆7), Am7 Chord: x02010 C/G Chord: 3x2010, C/B Chord: x2x010 G7 Chord: 32001, G6 Chord: 320000 G/A Chord: x00033, G/B Chord: x20033

Tempo: 184 bpm Key: C (On the original recording the guitar is tuned down 1/2 a step to Eb)

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(C)I am just a (C)poor boy though my (C½)story's (C/B½)seldom (Am)told I have (G)squandered my re(G)sistance For a (G7)pocketful of (G6)mumbles such are (C)promises (C) (C½) All (C/B½)lies and (Am)jest still, a (G)man hears what he (F∆7)wants to hear and (F∆7)disregards the (C)rest (G) (G6) (G7½)(G6½) (C) (C) (C) (C)

Verse 2 -

When I (C)left my home and my (C)family I was (C½)no more (C/B½)than a (Am)boy in the (G)company of (G)strangers in the (G7)quiet of the (G6)railway station (C)Running scared (C) (C½) (C/B½)Laying (Am)low, seeking (G)out the poorer (F∆7)quarters Where the (F∆7)ragged people (C)go looking (G)for the places (F∆7)only they would (C)know (C)

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Chorus -

Lie-la-lie. Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie. Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie

Verse 3 -

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Asking (C)only workman's (C)wages I come (C½)looking (C/B½)for a (Am)job But I get no (G)offers (G) Just a (G7)come-on from the (G6)whores on Seventh (C)Avenue (C) (C½) I (C/B½)do (Am)declare, there were (G)times when I was (F∆7)so lonesome I (F∆7)took some comfort (C)there (G) (G6) (G7½)(G6½) (C) (C)

Verse 4 (Instrumental) -

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Chorus -

Lie-la-lie. Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie. Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie

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Verse 5 -

Then I'm (C)laying out my (C)winter clothes And (C½)wishing (C/B½)I was (Am)gone going (G)home (G) Where the (G7)New York City (G6)winters aren't (C)bleeding me (C) (Em) Leading (Em)me (Am) (Am) going (G)home (G6) (G7½)(G6½) (C) (C) (C) (C)

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Verse 6 -

In the (C)clearing stands a (C)boxer and a (C½)fighter (C/B½)by his (Am)trade and he (G)carries the re(G)minders of (G7)every glove that (G6)laid him down or (C)cut him till he (C)cried out in his (C½)anger (C/B½)and his (Am)shame "I am (G)leaving, I am (F∆7)leaving" But the (F∆7)fighter still (C½)remains (C/B¼) (Am7¼) (G) (F∆7) (C) (C)

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Final Chorus -

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Lie-la-lie. Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie. Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie

Final Chord Strum: C

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