verse 1 
G 
Now let me tell you a story 
        C 
'bout a man named Charlie 
        G                D 
On this tragic & fateful day 
       G 
He put 10 cents into his pocket 
            C 
kissed his wife & family 
        G           D   G 
Went to ride on the M.T.A. 


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G 
But did he ever return? 
        C 
No, he never returned, 
         G                   D 
And his fate is still unlearned 
        G 
He may ride forever 
            C 
'neath the streets of Boston 
         G       D           G 
He's the man who never returned 

verse 2 
G 
Charlie handed in his dime 
        C 
At the Kendall Square Station 
             G              D 
And he changed for Jamaica Plain 
        G 
When he got there the conductor told him 
 C 
"One more nickel" 
        G            D         G 
Charlie couldn't get off that train 

verse 3 
     G 
Now all night long Charlie 
 C 
rides thru the station 
         G                   D 
Saying, "What will become of me? 
        G                   C 
How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea 
      G          D   G 
Or my cousin in Roxbury?" 

verse 4 
G 
Charlie's wife goes down to 
C 
Scollay Square Station 
      G                     D 
Every day at a quarter past two 
            G 
And thu the open window 
          C 
she hands Charlie a sandwich 
       G             D      G 
As the train comes rumblin' thru 

Verse 5 
G 
Now you citizens of Boston, 
            C 
 don't you think it is a scandal 
         G                    D 
That the people have to pay & pay 
          G                       C 
Fight the fare increase, vote for Walter O'Brien 
        G               D   G 
And get Charlie off the M.T.A.!