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Charley On The Mta by Jacqueline Steiner, Bess Hawes
Charley On The Mta
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse]
G
Let me tell you the story
C
Of a man named Charley
G D
On a tragic and fateful day
G
He put ten cents in his pocket,
C
Kissed his wife and family
G D G
Went to ride on the M.T.A.
[Verse]
G
Charley handed in his dime
C
At the Kendall Square Station
G D
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
G
When he got there the conductor told him,
C
"One more nickel."
G D G
Charley could not get off that train.
[Chorus]
G
Did he ever return,
ch]C
No he never returned
G D
And his fate is still unlearn'd
G
He may ride forever
C
'neath the streets of Boston
ch]G D G
He's the man who never returned.
[Verse]
G
Now all night long
C
Charley rides through the tunnels
G D
Saying, "What will become of me?
G
How can I afford to see
C
My sister in Chelsea
G D G
Or my cousin in Roxbury?"
[Verse]
G
Charley's wife goes down
C
To the Scollay Square station
G D
Every day at quarter past two
G
And through the open window
C
She hands Charley a sandwich
G D G
As the train comes rumblin' through.
[Chorus]
G
Did he ever return,
C
No he never returned
G D
And his fate is still unlearn'd
G
He may ride forever
C
'neath the streets of Boston
G D G
He's the man who never returned.
[Verse]
G
As his train rolled on
C
Through Greater Boston
G D
Charlie looked around and sighed,
G
"Well, I'm sore and disgusted
C
G D G
I guess this is my last long ride."
[Verse]
G
Now you citizens of Boston,
C
Don't you think it's a scandal
G D
That the people have to pay and pay
G
Vote for Walter A. O'Brien
G
And fight the fare increase
G D G
Get poor Charley off the MTA.
[Chorus]
G
Or else he'll never return,
C
No he never returned
G D
And his fate will be unlearn'd
G
He may ride forever
C
'neath the streets of Boston
G D G
He's the man (Who's the man)
G D G
He's the man (Oh, the man)
G D G
He's the man who never returned.
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