{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1719129,"song":"Transit","artist":"Richard Shindell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11364037-transit-chords-by-richard-shindell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1719129?type=chord","rating":4.68943,"votes":28,"content":"Richard Shindell - Transit\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe merge from the turnpike was murder, but it's never a cinch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was Friday at five, and no one was giving an inch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey squeezed and they edged and they glared[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHalf of them clearly impaired by rage or exhaustion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe rest were just touchy as hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSomewhere near Paterson everything slowed to a crawl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe all-news station was thanking someone for the call[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's a van from St. Agnes' choir[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a nun out there changing a tire[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBy the time they got by her, tempers were out of control[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo they all hit the gas in a dash for position[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBobbing and weaving and flashing their high-beams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFlipping the bird and screaming obscenities[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nA well-insured hoard, hell-bent on Saturday[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd so they continued, west-bound and into the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLaw and decorum constraining nary a one[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy then it was devil-may-care[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNot a one even vaguely aware[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThat they had come all the way to the Delaware Water Gap[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut how had it happened? They had all missed their exits[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow had it happened? Was it some kind of vortex?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd in they all went, bumper to bumper[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nFaster and faster, no sign of a trooper[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in they all went, like sheep to the slaughter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBankers and carpenters and doctors and lawyers[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd in they all went, families in minivans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nReagan Republicans, weekend militiamen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey followed the river, and rounded the bend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBetween Minsi and Tammany and into their destiny[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLying in ambush, right there before them[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe angry old sun right on the horizon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\nSister Maria tightened the bolts of the spare\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said a quick prayer and put the old van into gear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThank god that the traffic was light[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf she hurried she might not be late[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nFor that evening's performance at the state penitentiary[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe entered the common room and there was her choir[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAltos and baritones, basses and tenors[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCar thieves and crack dealers, mobsters and murderers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHusbands and sons, fathers and brothers[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd so it began in glorious harmony[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSoftly and tenderly calling for you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe interstate crying way off in the distance[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun going down through the bars of the prison[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey poured out their souls, they poured out their memories[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey poured out their hopes for what's left of eternity[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo sister Maria, her soul like a prism[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the light of forgiveness on all of their faces[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]B7[/ch]","plain_text":"Richard Shindell - Transit\n\n[Intro]\nB\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\nSister Maria tightened the bolts of the spare\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nB7","chords":["B","B7","C","D","Am","Em","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}