| Midi (A130) Midi 2(C88) |
| Midi 3(C170) Midi 4(C144) |
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Tabbed by Mark Purintun See YouTube videos below For Diatonic harmonica Hilarious videos |
6 6 6 -6 6 5 5 -5 6 6 7 -7 -6 | I am just a | poor boy, though my | story's seldom | told, -6 -7 -6 6 6 -6 6 -4 -4 5 I have | squandered my re | sistance for a | -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 4 -4 -5 5 4 | pocket full of | mumbles, such are | promises | R 7 7 -7 7 7 7 7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 | All lies and | jests, still a | man hears what | he wants to hear and | -6 -6 6 -5 6 5 -5 6 -4 -4 5 -5 5 -4 4 | disregards the | rest. mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm
5 -5 6 6 6 6 6 6-5 5 5 -5 6 7 7 -7 -6 When I | left my home and my | family, I was no | more than a boy | -6 -6 -6 6 6 -6 6 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 4 -4 | in the company of | strangers in the | quiet of the | railway station, | -5 5 4 RR 7 -7 7 R 7 -7 7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 | Running scared, | laying | low, seeking | out the poorer | quarters where the | -6 -6 6 -5 6 5 -5 6 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 | ragged people | go. Looking | for the places | only they would | know. |
Chorus: 7 -7 7 7 -7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 7 -7 7 -8 8 -9 8 -8 7 -8 Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie Lie la lie, lie la lie la la la la 7 7 7 -7 7 la la la la lie 6 -6 6 6 6 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 5 5 -6 -4 Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job, 5 5 5 5 5 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 4 -4 -5 5 4 But I get no offers, just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue. 7 7 -7 7 7 7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 6 I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there.
Instrumental here
Solo: | 5 6 | 4 -4 5 | -4 6 | 6 -5 | 5 6 7 6 | 5 6 -6 5 | 6 -5 |
Chorus: 7 -7 7 7 -7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 7 -7 7 -8 8 -9 8 -8 7 -8 Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie Lie la lie, lie la lie la la la la 7 7 7 -7 7 la la la la lie
5 -5 6 6 6 6 6 -6 5 -5 6 7 7 -7 -6 -6 -5 6 Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, going home. -4 5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 4 -4 -5 5 4 7 -7 -6 -6 -5 6 Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me, leading me, going home. 5 -5 6 6 6 -6 6 5 5 -5 6 7 7 -7 -6 In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade -6 -6 -6 6 6 -6 6 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 4 And he carries the reminders of ev'ry glove that laid him down -4 -5 5 4 -4 -5 5 6 6 6 7 7 -7 7 And cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame, 7 7 7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 6 "I am leaving, I am leaving.", but the fighter still remains.
Chorus: SEVEN TIMES 7 -7 7 7 -7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 7 -7 7 -8 8 -9 8 -8 7 -8 Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie Lie la lie, lie la lie la la la la 7 7 7 -7 7 la la la la lie
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