Chords with lyrics
Band: Dropkick Murphys
Song: Skinhead on the M.B.T.A.
Album: Do or Die
*= 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 augmentedA 
E MajorE A augmentedA
And went to ride on the M.B.T.A
Chorus:
A augmentedA 
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Did he ever return? No, he never returned, and his fate is still unknown
A augmentedA D MajorD
He will ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
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 augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
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 augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Can't afford to buy crack in Chelsea or a bundle in Roxbury
Chorus x1
Verse 4:
A augmentedA (D MajorD)
Skinhead's wife goes to the Scully Square Station
(A augmentedA) (E MajorE)
Everyday at quarter past two,
(A augmentedA) (D MajorD)
And through the open window she hands skinhead a grenade
(A augmentedA) (E MajorE) (A augmentedA)
As the train comes a rumbling through
Chorus x1
Solo:
e----------------------------------------|
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 augmentedA) (D MajorD)
Now you citizens of Boston don't you think its a scandal
(A augmentedA) E MajorE
How the skinhead stole the train?
A augmentedA D MajorD
What's the big ****in' deal, he'll work for beer
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Let the skinhead drive the train
Chorus x2
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Skinhead that never returned x3
(now they sing the chorus drunk in the bar)
That's it (along with all of the Do or Die album)! For suggestions, corrections, and requests, email me:
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