Waiting For The B Train chords by
Christine Lavin

N/A

Key: B major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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Am Am 
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I  dropped a token into  the slot.
D D 
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G G 
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Pushed through the turnstile.
Em Em 
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There was a woman at the
end of the platform
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Waiving her arm s around,
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kind of wild.
Em Em 
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"Come here," she

Verse 2
wailed.
"There's a puppy on the rails.
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D D 
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I think it has been hurt."
G G 
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I raced down to where she
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was pointing
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D D 
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to see a ball of fur covered with dirt.

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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Am Am 
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D D 
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"It must be dead," I said to her,
G G 
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as I turned to leave.
Em Em 
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"No, it's alive," she cried.
"Just before you got here,
Am Am 
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D D 
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I swear, I saw it breath."
Em Em 
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"And I'll watch

Verse 4
for the train
if you'll jump down.
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D D 
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Pick him up and hand it to me.
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If we take him to the vet,
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if we save his life,
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G G 
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Think how wonderful that'll be."

Verse 5
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I  looked into the tunnel,
G G 
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there was no train in sight.
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I looked at the furry thing lying there,
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D D 
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a truly pitiful sight.
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"Look," I said. "I'm not
sure that's a puppy.
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Could be a lice- infested, long- haired rat.
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And it's gotta be dead,
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so I'm not jumping down,"
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and I figured that that was that.
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Verse 6
Am Am 
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But by now more people arrived on the platform,
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and she said,
"Help. There's a puppy
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on the tracks."
Em Em 
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They looked for a moment,
and like true New Yorkers,
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D D 
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collectively turned their backs.
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She said, "Somebody's
gotta do something,"
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As we slowly turned
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around again.
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"Someone must have the
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courage to save him.
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It's a puppy. It's man's
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best friend."

Verse 7
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"Trains come through here
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every few minutes."
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G G 
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Said a man wearing madras pants.
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"And it's way too dangerous.
You'd have to be nuts,
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D D 
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to take such a foolish chance."
Em Em 
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But the woman was insistent. "In
the time we've been debating,"
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She said "One of you could've
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jumped down.
G G 
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Handed him to me,
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by now that puppy could be
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G G 
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at the animal shelter cross town!"

Verse 8
C C 
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We felt bad, but no one would do it.
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Then a transit cop appeared.
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Down at the other end of the platform
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We all yelled "Hey you!
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Come here!"
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He ran to us, I pointed to the
train tracks and said,
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D D 
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"See that thing, furry, not to big.
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What do you think it is,
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Am Am 
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he looked and said,...

Verse 9

"What? You mean that wig?"

Verse 10
G G 
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Am Am 
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We stepped back. A rush of embarrassment
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G G 
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swept right through the crowd.
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Accented by the blast of
a train whistle,
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D D 
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Approaching and growing quite loud.
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The "be
" train flattened that furry thing.
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D D 
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We got on board, went on our way.
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Em Em 
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Grateful that we did not risk our lives
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G G 
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to save a life of a wig that day.

Verse 11
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So if you see something
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on the train tracks,
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Take a tip from me.
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Don't let anybody talk
you into saving it,
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D D 
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It's best to  just let it be.
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And if you see a person wearing
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D D 
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what looks like a puppy on their head,
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Don't call the police, it's only a wig,...

Verse 12

..and chances are it's already dead.

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