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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 8 Version 9[Verse 1] C C/B Am I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told G I have squandered my resistance G7 C For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises C/B Am G Fmaj7 All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear C G G7 C And disregards the rest hmhmhm hmhmhmhm [Verse 2] C C/B Am When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy G In the company of strangers G7 C In the quiet of the railway station, running scared C/B Am G Fmaj7 Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters C Where the ragged people go G Fmaj7 C Looking for the places only they would know [Hook] Am Em Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie Am G C Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie, la la la la lie [Verse 3] C C/B Am Asking only workman’s wages I come looking for a job G But I get no offers G7 C Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh’ Avenue C/B Am G Fmaj7 I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome C G G7 C I took some comfort there, la la la la la [Solo] C C C/B Am G G7 C e|------------------------------------------------8-------| B|-------8-------------------------8----6--5--8-------8---| G|---9------------7----9-----7----------------------------| D|-----------10-------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------| C C/B Am G Fmaj7 C G Fmaj7 C e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|---------8-----10-----8------------------------------| G|---9---------------9------10-------9---7---5---------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| [Hook] Am Em Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie Am G C Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie, la la la la lie [Verse 4] C C/B Am Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone G G7 C Going home, where the New York City winters aren’t bleeding me Em Am Leading me G G7 Going home [Verse 5] C C/B Am In the clearing stands the boxer and a fighter by his trade G G7 And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down C C/B Am Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame G Fmaj7 I am leaving, I am leaving C G Fmaj7 C But the fighter still remains, hmhmhmhm [Hook] Am Em Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie Am G Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie Am Em Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie Am G Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie Am Em Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie Am G Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie Am Em La la la la lie, lie la la la la la lie Am G C Lie la lie, lie la la la la la lie, la la la la lie