Tonart: B minor
Verse 1
Am
C
I am just a poor boy,
though my story's seldom told
Am
G
I have squandered my resistance
for a pocket full of mumbles,
G
F
still a man hears what he wants to hear
C
G
F
G
C
and disregards the rest
When I left my home and family
Am
I was no more than a boy
G
in the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station
Am
G
Laying low seeking out
where the ragged people go
C
G
Looking for the places
F
G
C
only they would know
Am
G
Am
F
Lai -la -lai, lai -la -lai, lai -la -lai, lai -la -lai, lai -la -lai,
G
C
lai -la -lai, lai -la -lai, lai -lai, -la -lai
Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
Am
G
but I get no offers
Just to come on from the whores
Am
I do declare, there were times
G
F
when I was so lonesome
C
G
F
G
C
I took some comfort there
Now the years are rolling by me
and they're rocking evenly
Am
G
I am older than I once was
I'm younger than I'll be
No, it isn't strange
Am
G
F
After changes upon changes
We are more or less the same
G
F
G
C
We are more or less the same
Am
G
Am
La la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai,
F
G
C
la la lai, la la lai, la la lai, la la lai
I'm laying out my winter clothes
Am
G
Wishing I was gone and going home
But the New York City winters
C
are bleeding me, bleeding me,
Am
G
F
G
C
oh, oh, oh.
In the clearing stands a boxer
Am
and a fighter by his trade,
G
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that's laid him down
C
I'll cut him till he cried out
Am
In his anger and his shame
G
F
I am leaving, I am leaving
C
But the fighter still remains
F
G
C
but the fighter still remains
Am
G
Am
F
G
Am
G
Am
Let's sing.
F
G
C
G
C
Am
G
F
C
G
F
G
C
you
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteAm C G F
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