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Tune down your guitar one semi-tone. The studio recording is tuned slightly sharp of a\r\nhalf step down. Try about +20 cents using an electronic tuner.\r\n \r\nIf you want to play in the original key in standard tuning, transpose this chord sheet\r\nand\/or use a capo to match the recording:\r\n \r\nTranspose Capo Play Key\r\n-3 2nd fret A B (studio version)\r\n-5 4th fret G B (studio version)\r\n+1 1st fret C C# (Live: \"Concert in Central Park\")\r\n- - C C (Live: \"Live 1969\", \"Old Friends\",\r\n \"Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'\")\r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n| C<\/span> |\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nC<\/span> Am<\/span>\r\nI am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told\r\n G<\/span>\r\nI have squandered my resistance\r\n G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nFor a pocketful of mumbles such are promises\r\n C<\/span> Am<\/span> G<\/span> F<\/span>\r\nAll lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear\r\n C<\/span> G<\/span> F<\/span> G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nAnd disregards the rest\r\n \r\n C<\/span> Am<\/span>\r\nWhen I left my home and family I was no more than a boy\r\n G<\/span>\r\nIn the company of strangers\r\n G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nIn the quiet of a railway station running scared\r\nC<\/span> Am<\/span> G<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nLaying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go\r\n G<\/span> F<\/span> G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nLooking for the places only they would know\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\n Am<\/span>\r\nLie-la-lie\r\n Em<\/span>\r\nLie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie\r\n Am<\/span>\r\nLie la lie\r\n G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nLie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n C<\/span> Am<\/span>\r\nAsking only workmans wages I come looking for a job\r\n G<\/span>\r\nBut I get no offers\r\n G C\r\nJust a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue\r\n C Am G F C\r\nI do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there\r\n G C\r\nLa-la-la-la-la-la-la\r\n \r\n \r\n[Interlude]\r\n| C | Am | G | |\r\n| C | Am | G |\r\n (2\/4)\r\n| F | C G | F | C |\r\n (2\/4)\r\n \r\n*************************************************************************************\r\n \r\nExtra verse in live versions\r\n \r\n C Am\r\nNow the years are rolling by me, they are rocking evenly\r\n G\r\nAnd I am older than I once was\r\n G C\r\nAnd younger than I'll be, that's not unusual\r\n C Am G F C\r\nNo, it isn't strange, after changes upon changes we are more or less the same\r\n G F C\r\nAfter changes we are more or less the same\r\n \r\n**************************************************************************************\r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\n Am\r\nLie-la-lie\r\n Em\r\nLie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie\r\n Am\r\nLie la lie\r\n G C\r\nLie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n C Am\r\nThen I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone\r\n G C\r\nGoing home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me\r\nEm Am\r\n Leading me-e\r\n G C\r\nGoing home\r\n \r\n C Am\r\nIn the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade\r\n G\r\nAnd he carries the reminders\r\n G C\r\nOf ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out\r\n C Am\r\nIn his anger and his shame\r\n G F C\r\n\"I am leaving, I am leaving.\" but the fighter still remains\r\n G F G C\r\nHm, hm, hm\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\n Am\r\nLie-la-lie\r\n Em\r\nLie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie\r\n Am\r\nLie la lie\r\n G [ Am ]\r\nLie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie\r\n \r\nAm Em\r\n Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie\r\n Am\r\nLie la lie\r\n G [ Am ]\r\nLie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie\r\n \r\nAm Em\r\n Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie\r\n Am\r\nLie la lie\r\n G [ Am ]\r\nLie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie\r\n \r\nAm Em\r\n Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie\r\n Am\r\nLie la lie\r\n G [ Am ]\r\nLie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie\r\n \r\nAm Em\r\n Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie\r\n Am\r\nLie la lie\r\n G [ Am ]\r\nLie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie\r\n \r\nAm Em\r\n Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie\r\n Am\r\nLie la lie\r\n G [ Am ]\r\nLie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie\r\n \r\nAm Em\r\n Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie\r\n Am\r\nLie la lie\r\n G [ Am ]\r\nLie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie\r\n \r\nAm Em\r\n Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie\r\n Am\r\nLie la lie\r\n G [ C ]\r\nLie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n| C | Am | G | |\r\n| C | Am | G |\r\n (2\/4)\r\n| F | C G | F | C\r\n (2\/4)<\/pre>\nX<\/div>\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Simon Tune down your guitar one semi-tone. The studio recording is tuned slightly sharp of a half step down. Try about +20 cents using an electronic tuner. If you want to play in the original key in standard tuning, transpose this chord sheet and\/or use a capo …