A Poem on the Underground Wall chords by Simon & Garfunkel

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Intro 1

The last train is

Verse 1
nearly due,
Bm 
The underground is  (B minor) closing soon,
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D 
And in the dark  (G major) deser (D major) ted station,
Bm 
Restless in anti (B minor) cipation,
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D 
G 
A  (G major) man waits in the shad (D major) ows.  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) 

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Verse 2

His restless eyes leap and scratch,

At all that they can touch or catch,

And hidden deep within his pocket,

Safe within its silent socket,

He holds a colored crayon.

Verse 3
Bm 
 (B minor) 
D 
Now from the tun (D major) nel's stony womb,
Bm 
The carriage rides to  (B minor) meet the groom,
D 
And opens  (D major) wide and welcome doors,
Bm 
But he hesitates, then with (B minor) draws
G 
D 
 (G major) Deeper in the shad (D major) ows.
Bm 
 (B minor) 

Verse 4
And the train is gone suddenly
A 
On  (A major) wheels clicking silently
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Em 
Like a  (G major) gently tapping lit (E minor) any,
Bm 
Em 
And he  (B minor) holds his crayon  (E minor) rosary
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D 
Bm 
Tighter  (G major) in his  (D major) hand.  (B minor) 

Verse 5
Bm 
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D 
Now  (B minor) from his  (G major) pocket quick  (D major) he flashes,
A 
Bm 
The crayon  (A major) on the wall  (B minor) he slashes,
D 
Deep upon  (D major) the advertising,
A 
Bm 
A single worded  (A major) poem  (B minor) comprised
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D 
Of four let (G major)  (D major) ters.
Bm 
 (B minor) And his

Verse 6
D 
heart is  (D major) laughing,
screaming, pounding
Bm 
The poem across the track (B minor) 
s rebounding
D 
Shadowed  (D major) by the exit light
Bm 
His legs take their ascending  (B minor) flight
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D 
To  (G major) seek the  (D major) breast of darkness
A 
G 
D 
Bm 
 (A major) and be suckled  (G major)  (D major) by the night.  (B minor) 