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[Intro] - - - [G]<\/span> [D]<\/span> [G]<\/span> [G]<\/span>\r\n \r\n[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] \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[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\r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n[Verse 3]\r\nNow [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] \r\n{ 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] <\/span>\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[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\r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[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] \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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