TITLE = THE M.T.A.
Singer = Kingston Trio
CATEGORY = Banjo
CATEGORY=Rock
Speed = 140
Font = 30
Beats = 4
Measures = 2
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Well let me tell you all a story of a 
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man named Charlie
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On a tragic and fatefuel day
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He put ten cents in his pocket, 
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kissed his wife and family
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Went to ride on the M T A
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But did he ever return, 
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no he never returned
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And his fate is still unlearned
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He may ride forever 
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'neath the streets of Boston
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He's the man who never returned
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Now Charlie handed in his dime at the 
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Kendall Square station
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And he changed for Jamaica 
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Plains
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When he got there the conductor wanted 
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one more nickel
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Charlie couldn't get off of that train
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But did he ever return, 
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no he never returned
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And his fate is still unlearned
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He may ride forever 
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'neath the streets of Boston
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He's the man who never returned
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Now all night long Charlie rides through the 
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downtown station
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Crying what will become of me
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How can I afford to see my 
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sister in Chelsea
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Or my cousin in Roxbury
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So did he ever return, 
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no he never returned
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And his fate is still unlearned
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He may ride forever 
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'neath the streets of Boston
         G       D       G
He's the man who never returned
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Charlie's wife goes down to the 
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Scully's Square station
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Every day at quarter past two
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And through the open window she hands 
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Charlie a sandwich
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As the train comes rumbling through
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But did he ever return, no he never returned
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And his fate is still unlearned
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He may ride forever 
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'neath the streets of Boston
         G       D       G
He's the man who never returned
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Now all you citizens of Boston don't you 
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think it's a scandal
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How the people have to pay and pay
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Fight the fare increase vote for 
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George O'Reilly
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And get Charlie off the M T A
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Or else he'll never return, 
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no he'll never return
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And his fate will be unlearned
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He may ride forever 
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'neath the streets of Boston
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He's the man who never returned
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He's the man who never returned