Chords for The Kingston Trio - South Coast And MTA

[B] _ [C] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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South [Am] Coast, the Wild Coast [Em] is lonely _ _ [Am] You may win at the game [Em] at Holo
_ But the lion still [Am] rules [Em] the barranca _ And a man there is always alone
_ _ My name is [C] Juan Hano [G] de Castro [Em] _ _ My father [A] was a Spanish [Em] grandee _ _
[G] _ But I won [Am] my [G] wife in a card game To [Em] hell [A] with the lords or [Em] the sea
_ _ I picked up [C] the ace, [Em] I had won her _ My heart which was down at my feet
_ _ _ Jumped up to [C] my throat in [Em] a hurry [G] _ _
[Em] Like a warm [A] [Em] summer's day she was sweet
_ _ _ South [Am] Coast, the Wild Coast [Em] is lonely _ _ [Am] You may win at the game [Em] at Holo
_ But the lion [Am] still rules [Em] the barranca _ And a man [A] there is [Em] always alone
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_ _ _ Her arms had [F] to tighten [G] around _ me [F] As we rode up the [G] hills from the south _
_ Not a word did [F] I [G] hear from her that day _ Or a kiss from her pretty red mouth
_ We came to my cabin at twilight _ The [F] _ stars twinkled [G] out on the _ coast
She still loved the valley, the _ orchard But I knew that she loved me the most
_ _ _ South Coast, the Wild Coast is lonely _ _ [Gm] You may win at the [G] game at Holo _ _
But the lion still rules the barranca _ And a man there [F] is [G] always alone
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_ _ _ _ _ Then I [Am] got hurt [Bm] in a [Em] landslide _ With crushed hip [A] and twice broken [Em] bone
_ She _ saddled [Am] our pony [Em] like lightning _ _ _ Rode off in the night all alone _
The _ lion [Am] screamed [Em] in the barranca _ The pony fell back on the slide _ _
My young wife [Am] lay dead _ _ [Em] in the moonlight _ _ My _ heart died [A] that [Em] night with my bride
_ _ _ South Coast, [Am] the Wild [Em] Coast is lonely _ _ [Am] You may win at the game [Em] at Holo
But _ the lion [Am] still rules [Em] the barranca _ And a man [Am] there is always [Em] alone _ _
And a man there [Am] is always [Em] alone
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G] are the times that [C#m] shine in souls.
In the course of [G] our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened.
Today, a new crisis has [F#] arisen.
The Metropolitan Transit [G] Authority, better known as the MTA, is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the [F#m] population in the form of a subway fare increase.
[F#] Citizens, hear me out.
This could happen to you.
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Well, let me tell you of the story [D] of a man named Charlie [A] on a tragic and [E] fateful day. _
[A] He put ten cents in his pocket [D] just as wife and family [A] went to ride on the MTA. _
Well, did he ever return?
[D] No, he never returned, [A] and his fate is still [E] unlearnt.
He [A] may ride forever neat [D] the streets of Boston, [A] he's the man who never returned.
_ Charlie handed in his dime [D] at Kendall Square [A] Station, and he changed for a [E] Jamaica plane.
When [A] he got there, the conductor [D] told him, one more [A] nickel, Charlie couldn't [E] get [A] off of that train.
Well, did he ever return?
[D] No, he never returned, [A] and his fate is still unlearnt.
He may ride forever [D] neat the streets of Boston, [A] he's the man who never returned.
_ Now all night long, [D] Charlie rides through the [A] station, crying, what will become [E] of me?
[A] How can I afford to [D] see my sister in Chelsea [A] or my cousin in _ Roxbury?
Well, did he ever return?
[D] No, he never returned, [A] and his fate is still [E] unlearnt.
_ [A] He may ride forever [D] neat the streets of [Bm] Boston, [A] he's the man who never returned.
_ _ Charlie's wife goes down to [D] Scully Square Station [A] every day at quarter [E] past two,
[A] and through the open window [D] she hands Charlie a sandwich [A] as the train comes rumbling through.
Well, did he ever return?
[D] No, he never returned, [A] and his fate is still [E] unlearnt.
He [A] may ride forever [D] neat the streets of Boston, [A] he's the man [Bm] who never [A] returned.
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Now, you citizens of Boston, don't [D] you think it's a [A] scandal how the people have to pay [E] and pay?
[A] Fight the fare increase, vote [D] for George O'Brien, get [Am] for Charlie off [E] the [A] MTE. _
Or else he'll never return, [D] oh, he'll never return, [A] and his fate is still [E] unlearnt. _
[A] He may ride forever neat [D] the streets of Boston, he's [A] the man [Bm] who never [A] returned. _
He's [E] the man who never [A] returned. _
He's [E] the man who never [A] _ _
returned.
Thank you, Charlie. _ _ _ _
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