{"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":2656773,"song":"Charley On The Mta","artist":"Jacqueline Steiner","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11520240-charley-on-the-mta-chords-by-jacqueline-steiner/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2656773?type=chord","rating":4.47218,"votes":4,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me tell you the story[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf a man named Charley[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a tragic and fateful day[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe put ten cents in his pocket,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nKissed his wife and family[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWent to ride on the M.T.A.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCharley handed in his dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt the Kendall Square Station[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he changed for Jamaica Plain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen he got there the conductor told him,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"One more nickel.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCharley could not get off that train.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDid he ever return,[/tab]\r\n   ch]C\r\nNo he never returned\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd his fate is still unlearn'd[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe may ride forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'neath the streets of Boston[/tab]\r\n         ch]G       D       G\r\nHe's the man who never returned.\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow all night long[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCharley rides through the tunnels[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaying, \"What will become of me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow can I afford to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy sister in Chelsea[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr my cousin in Roxbury?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCharley's wife goes down[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the Scollay Square station[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEvery day at quarter past two[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd through the open window[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe hands Charley a sandwich[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the train comes rumblin' through.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDid he ever return,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo he never returned[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd his fate is still unlearn'd[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe may ride forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'neath the streets of Boston[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's the man who never returned.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs his train rolled on[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThrough Greater Boston[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCharlie looked around and sighed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Well, I'm sore and disgusted[/tab]\r\n        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI guess this is my last long ride.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow you citizens of Boston,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon't you think it's a scandal[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat the people have to pay and pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nVote for Walter A. O'Brien[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd fight the fare increase[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGet poor Charley off the MTA.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr else he'll never return,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo he never returned[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd his fate will be unlearn'd[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe may ride forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'neath the streets of Boston[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's the man  (Who's the man)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's the man (Oh, the man)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's the man who never returned.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n   ch]C\nNo he never returned\n\n\n\n         ch]G       D       G\nHe's the man who never returned.\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n        C\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}