Key: G major
Intro 1
G
D
Eb
D
G
Verse 1
C
G
A cannon ballin' through
From 242nd Street
D
Bb
D
To Flatbush Avenue
Eb
D
G
At 5 .15, one Friday eve,
C
G
she pulled into Times Square.
The people filled the station,
D
Eb
D
G
and Georgie, he was there.
The people filled the station,
Bb
Eb
and it was Brooklyn bound.
C
G
that we cannot deroam.
For Georgie was the shipping clerk,
Eb
G
and Brooklyn was his home.
Interlude 1
G
C
C#
C
G
Eb
Bb
A
Eb
D
G
C#
G
D
G
Verse 2
C
C#
C
G
a million head or more.
George used his elbows and his knees
C
Bb
Bbm
Bb
Eb
until he reached the door.
D
G
But when he reached those portals,
C
C#
C
G
he could not take the gaff.
Ab
G
The conductor shut the door on him
D
G
and cut poor George in half.
The train pulled out of Times Square,
C#
C
G
the Swift is on the line.
It carried poor George's head along,
A
Bb
Eb
but it left his body be hind.
D
G
Poor George, he died a hero's death,
C
C#
C
G
his martyrdom's plain to see.
And the very last words
that George, said,
D
G
were screw the IRT.
So when you ride the I .R .T.
C
C#
C
G
and you approach Times Square,
incline your head a few degrees
A
Eb
and say a silent prayer,
D
G
for his body lies between the tides,
amidst the dust and dew.
G
G
In his head it rides the I .R .T.
to Flatbush Avenue.
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