Kingston Trio - The M T A Song

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the mta chords
the kingston trio

C F
let me tell you of a story ’bout a man named charlie
C G7
on a tragic and fateful day .
C F
he put ten cents in his pocket , kissed his wife and family ,
C G7 C
went to ride on the m t A .

C F
but will he ever return? no he’ll never return ,
C G7
and his fate is still unlearned .
C F
he may ride forever ’neath the streets of boston ,
C G7 C
he’s the man who never returned .

C F
charlie handed in his dime at the scully square station ,
C G7
and he changed for jamaica plain .
C F
when he got there the conductor told him , “one more nickel!”
C G7 C
charlie couldn’t get off of that train .

C F
now all night long charlie rides through the stations ,
C G7
crying , “what will become of me?
C F
how can i afford to see my sister in chelsey ,
C G7 C
or my brother in roxbury?”

C F
charlie’s wife goes down to the scully square station ,
C G7
every day at a quarter past two .
C F
and through the open window she hands charlie his sandwich
C G7 C
as the train goes rumbling through .

C F
now you citizens of boston , don’t you think it’s a scandal ,
C G7
how the people have to pay and pay?
C F
fight the fare increase , vote for george o’brien ,
C G7 C
get poor charlie off the m t a!

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