Boston MTA

[Intro] - - - [G] [D] [G] [G]
 
[Verse 1] - - - [G] Now let me tell you a story 'bout a [C] man named Charlie, On this [G] tragic & fateful [D7] day.  He put [G] 10 cents into his pocket, kissed his [C] wife & family, and went to [G] ride on the [D7] M.T.A. [G] 
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[Verse 2]
[G] Charlie handed in his dime at the [C] Kendall Square Station, and he [G] changed for Jamaica [D7] Plain.   When he [G] got there the conductor told him  [C] "One more nickel."  Charlie [G] couldn't get [D7] off that [G] train
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[Verse 3]
Now [G] all night long Charlie [C] rides through the station saying, [G] "What will become of [D7] me?  How can [G] I afford to see my [C] sister in Chelsea, or my [G] cousin in [D7] Roxbury?" [G] 
{ CHORUS } - - - [G] But did he ever return? No, he [C] never returned, and his [G] fate is still un-[D7]-learned.  He may [G] ride forever 'neath the [C] streets of Boston.  He's the [G] man who [D7] never returned [G] 
[Verse 4]
[G] Charlie's wife goes down to [C] Scollay Square Station every [G] day at a quarter past [D7] two.  And through the [G] open window she hands [C] Charlie a sandwich as the [G] train comes [D7] rumblin' [G] through
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[Verse 5]
[G] Now you citizens of Boston, don't you [C] think it is a scandal that the [G] people have to pay & [D7] pay.  Fight the [G] fare increase, vote for [C] George O'Brien and get [G] Charlie off the [D7] M.T.A.! [D7] 
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