*= 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-----------------------|-------------------|
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Verse 1:
A* D*
Now let me tell you a story of a big ole' skinhead
A* E*
On a tragic and fateful day
A* D*
He put 10 cents in his pocket kicked his wife and family
A E A
And went to ride on the M.B.T.A
Chorus:
A D A E
Did he ever return? No, he never returned, and his fate is still unknown
A D
He will ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
A E A
He's the skinhead who never returned...
Verse 2:
A* D*
Skinhead goes down to the Kendall Sq. Station
A* E*
And he changes for Jamaica Plain,
A* D*
The conductor says skinhead I need a nickel,
A E A
Skinhead punches him in the brain
Chorus x1
Verse 3:
A* D*
Now all night long skinhead drives through the station
A* E*
Thinking what can I go and see
A* D* A E A
Can't afford to buy crack in Chelsea or a bundle in Roxbury
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Chorus x1
Verse 4:
A (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----------------------------------------|
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Verse 5:
(A) (D)
Now you citizens of Boston don't you think its a scandal
(A) E
How the skinhead stole the train?
A D
What's the big ****in' deal, he'll work for beer
A E A
Let the skinhead drive the train
Chorus x2
A E A
Skinhead that never returned x3
(now they sing the chorus drunk in the bar)
