Artist: | Paul Simon (English) |
User: | Joy Moreton |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
Abusive: | |
Comment: | - |
" " G EM
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
" " D C
I have squandered my resistance For a pocket full of
" " G EM D
mumbles such are promises All lies and jest,still a man hears
" " C G D C G
what he wants to hear disregards the rest
" " G Em
When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
" " D C
In the company of strangers In the quiet of a railway station
" " G Em D C
running scared Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
" " C
Where the ragged people go
" " D C D G
Looking forthe places only they would know
" " EM D Em C
Lie la lie Lie la lie la lie la lie Lie la lie lie la lie la la la la lie
" " D G
la la la la
" " G Em
Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job
" " D C G
But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Ave
" " Em D C
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome I took
" " G D C G
some comfort there ooh la la la la la la
" " G Em
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
" " D C D G
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
" " Em D
Leading me, going home.
" "G Em D
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade And he carries
" " C G
the reminders of every glove that laid him down Or cut him till he cried
" " Em D C
out in his anger and his shame I am leaving, I am leaving But the fighter
" " G D C Em D Em
still remains Lie la lie lie la lie la lie la lie Lie la lie
" " C D Em
lie la lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Repeat lie la lie etc but end on G fading