Subway – Mary Lou Lord Album: Got No Shadow Original Tab by Chris Walker Capo on 2nd. Bm Em7 C G Bm Em7 C G There's no sun and no starlight to shine on the rails Bm Em7 C G The spray painted words of the prophets have failed Bm Em7 C G Down in this tunnel there's no day or night Cadd9 Bm C Up above is it darkness or light Bm Em7 C G It's all just a dream I wake up and I'm back Bm Em7 C G Where the wheels of reality screech down the track Bm Em7 C G The ride is the moment they're all waiting for Cadd9 Bm C Can't afford to believe that there's more Em Bm C I can't kid myself into thinking there's more Bm Em7 C G And he lives in the suburbs and he carries a phone Bm Em7 C G I watch him arrive and I'll watch him go home Bm Em7 C G He'll pitch me a quarter as he stops to change lines Cadd9 Bm C He'd stay but he never has time Em Bm C Would he stay if he ever had time D C G So hold my eye D C G While the rest of the city flies by D C C/C/G/Bb G And the tips and the tokens you left me today G Bm C Are the price of my ride on the subway Bm Em7 C G And I've seen drowning hobos and rich men who pass Bm Em7 C G Reflected in fragments of Boston bound glass Bm Em7 C G And I'll be Jimmie Rodgers, The Cure or The Who Cadd9 Bm C If it makes any difference to you Em Bm C Does it make any difference to you D C G So hold my eye D C G While the rest of the city flies by D C C/C/G/Bb G And the tips and the tokens you left me today G Bm C Are the price of my ride on the subway G Bm C They’re the price of my ride on the subway G Bm C They’re the price of my ride on the subway (Mary Lou Lord, Nick Saloman)
