The Subway Song
The Subway Song

The Subway Song easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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  • G

  • C

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  • C

    • Verse 1
    Oh, 
    the steps, 
    they 
    go 
    down 

    To 
    a 
    hole 
    in 
    the 
    ground 

    Where 
    the subway 
    goes 
    rumbling 
    by 

    You 
    go 
    in 
    one 
    end 
    in 
    the 
    middle 
    of 
    June 

    And 
    come 
    out 
    on 
    the 
    Fourth 
    of 
    Ju
    ly 

    Some 
    grown- 
    ups 
    don't 
    care 

    for 
    the subway 
    at 
    all 

    But 
    it's perfect 
    for 
    all 
    girls 
    and 
    boys 

    It 
    goes 
    like 
    a rocket 
    - and 
    stops 
    with 
    a jerk 

    And 
    it 
    makes 
    the 
    most 
    wonderful 
    noise 

    Oh, 
    the steps, 
    they 
    go 
    down 

    To 
    a 
    hole 
    in 
    the ground 

    Where 
    the subway 
    goes 
    rumbling 
    by 

    You 
    go 
    in 
    one 
    end 
    in 
    the middle 
    of 
    June 

    And 
    come 
    out 
    on 
    the Fourth 
    of 
    July 

    Oh, 
    the 
    man 
    who 
    dug 
    tunnels 

    to 
    lay 
    down 
    the 
    track 

    Is 
    the 
    man 
    in 
    the 
    blue 
    den
    im 
    shirt 

    He 
    dug 
    night 
    and 
    day 
    till 

    the tunnel 
    was 
    done 

    But 
    where 
    did 
    he 
    go 
    with 
    the dirt 

    Oh, 
    the 
    steps, 
    they 
    go 
    down 

    To 
    a 
    hole 
    in 
    the 
    ground 

    Where 
    the subway 
    goes 
    rum
    bling 
    by 

    You 
    go 
    in 
    one 
    end 
    in 
    the middle 
    of 
    June 

    And 
    come 
    out 
    on 
    the 
    Fourth 
    of 
    Ju
    ly 

    Have 
    you 
    heard 
    what 

    happened 
    to poor 
    Tiny 
    Tim 

    It 
    happened 
    when 
    he wasn't 
    polite 

    A 
    very 
    large 
    woman 
    sat 
    down 
    on his 
    lap 

    And 
    he 
    vanished 
    completely 
    from 
    sight 

    Oh, 
    the steps, 
    they 
    go 
    down 

    To 
    a 
    hole 
    in 
    the ground 

    Where 
    the subway 
    goes 
    rumbling 
    by 

    You go 
    in 
    one 
    end 
    in 
    the 
    middle 
    of 
    June 

    And 
    come 
    out 
    on 
    the 
    Fourth 
    of 
    July 

    The 
    only 
    thing 
    wrong 
    with 
    the subways 
    at all 

    Is 
    sitting 
    on 
    somebody's 
    lap 

    But 
    won't 
    it 
    be 
    great 
    when 

    you're 
    just 
    tall 
    enough 

    To stand 
    up 
    and 
    hang 
    onto 
    the strap 

    Oh, 
    the steps, 
    they 
    go 
    down 

    To 
    a 
    hole 
    in 
    the 
    ground 

    Where 
    the subway 
    goes 
    rumbling 
    by 

    You 
    go 
    in 
    one 
    end 
    in 
    the middle 
    of 
    June 

    And 
    come 
    out 
    on 
    the 
    Fourth 
    of Ju
    ly 

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