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*= mute chord
()= bass only note
Intro x6
e-----------------------|-------------------|
B-----------------------|-------------------|
G-----------------------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D--------2-----2-0------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A--0--4-----4------4-2--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E-----------------------|-------------------|
Verse 1:
LA RE
Now let me tell you a story of a big ole' skinhead
LA MI
On a tragic and fateful day
LA RE
He put 10 cents in his pocket kicked his wife and family
LA MI LA
And went to ride on the M.B.T.A
Chorus
LA RE LA MI
Did he ever return? No, he never returned, and his fate is still unknown
LA RE
He will ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
LA MI LA
He's the skinhead who never returned...
Verse 2:
LA RE
Skinhead goes down to the Kendall Sq. Station
LA MI
And he changes for Jamaica Plain,
LA RE
The conductor says skinhead I need a nickel,
LA MI LA
Skinhead punches him in the brain
Chorus x1
Verse 3:
LA RE
Now all night long skinhead drives through the station
LA MI
Thinking what can I go and see
LA RE LA MI LA
Can't afford to buy crack in Chelsea or a bundle in Roxbury
Chorus x1
Verse 4:
LA (D)
Skinhead's wife goes to the Scully Square Station
(A) (E)
Everyday at quarter past two,
(A) (D)
And through the open window she hands skinhead a grenade
(A) (E) (A)
As the train comes a rumbling through
Chorus x1
Solo:
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B-------------10b--8-6-------------------|
G------7-5-------------7------7-5--------|
D--7b------7--------------7b------7--9v--|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------|
B-------------10b--8-6-------------------|
G------7-5-------------7------7----------|
D--7b------7--------------7b-----9b--10v-|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|
Verse 5:
(A) (D)
Now you citizens of Boston don't you think its a scandal
(A) MI
How the skinhead stole the train?
LA RE
What's the big ****in' deal, he'll work for beer
LA MI LA
Let the skinhead drive the train
Chorus x2
LA MI LA
Skinhead that never returned x3
(now they sing the chorus drunk in the bar)
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