The M T A Song

# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - please note - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # this file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song . you may only use this file for private study , scholarship , or research . # # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # 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! set8