I was watching a youtube clip of Marcus Mumford playing this song with a capo on
the 5th fret and noticed it was here so I decide to figure it out.
Enjoy!
Capo on the 5th
G
I am just a poor boy
G/F# Em
Though my story's seldom told
D
I have squandered my resistance
C G
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
G/F# Em
All lies and jests
D C
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
C/B G
And disregards the rest
G
When I left my home and my family
G/F# Em
I was no more than a boy
D
In the company of strangers
C G
In the quiet of the railway station running scared
G/F# Em D C
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
G
Where the ragged people go
D C Em G/F# G
Looking for the places only they would know
Chorus:
Em
Lie-la-lie
D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Em
Lie la lie
C D G
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
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G
Asking only workman's wages
G/F# Em
I come looking for a job
D
But I get no offers,
C G
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
G/F# Em D C
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
G
I took some comfort there
G
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
G/F# Em
And wishing I was gone
D
Going home
C G
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
G/F# Em D
Bleeding me, going home
Repeat the Chorus (He sings it a little bit different but it's
difficult to distinguish la's and lie's)
During solo play the verse chord progression
G
In the clearing stands a boxer
G/F# Em
And a fighter by his trade
D
And he carries the reminders
C
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
G
Or cut him till he cried out
G/F# Em
In his anger and his shame
D C
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
G
But the fighter still remains
Em
Lie-la-lie
D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Em
Lie la lie
C D Em
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Em
Lie-la-lie
D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Em
Lie la lie
C D Em
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
D
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Em
Lie la lie
C D G
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
