Key: D minor
Intro 1
Dm
Verse 1
swear I never had a gun
No I never shot no-one - I
was only having fun
Walking down madison
- swear I never had a gun
I was philosophizing some
Checking out the bums
Verse 2
C
But you can't give 'em hope in these mercenary times,
F
Bb
F
oh no
And the sandwich you had,
C
F
oh no
Bb
F
Dm
Verse 3
C
F
a knife on the a train
It's not that far
Am
Bb
C
To the bag lady frozen asleep in the park
F
Am
Oh no it's not that far
Dm
Verse 4
swear I never had a gun
No I never shot no-one - wouldn't
do it just for fun
Walking down madison - trying
to keep my head screwed on
I was philosophizing some
Checking out the nuns
Verse 5
Keep your head down low and stay
C
F
quick on your feet, oh yeah
C
Bb
F
The beaming boy from harlem
C
F
C
with the airforce coat
The ones who tried
The ones that sit and gloat
Dm
Verse 6
Gm
Bb
From an uptown apartment to
C
F
a knife on the a train
It's not that far
C
F
to the rats in the basement
It's not that far
Am
Bb
C
To the bag lady frozen asleep
Dm
Verse 7
there's a madison
Frozen lives for whom
nothing's happening
Hungry children is a mother's
dilemma
Dumpster diving to feed her
baby emma
So you walk on by like
it doesn't affect you
The held out hand that you
pay no respect to
Nickels and dimes won't
even buy your guilt
Another wino burnt to death in his quilt
It's a cardboard city,
newspaper metropolis
The system can't cope or keep
on top of this
The authorities come as you're
not for display
Do they solve the problem no they
move him away
They're in a vicious circle
of no fixed abode
The social won't pay 'em the
money they're owed
When you've got no money
you can't pay rent
Hypothermia kills ''cause the
Verse 8
system is bent
Dm
C
F
to a knife on the a train
It's not that far
Bb
C
To the bag lady frozen asleep in the park
F
Am
Oh no it's not that far
Dm
Verse 9
C
F
a knife on the a train
It's not that far
Bb
C
To the bag lady frozen asleep
Am
Bb
It's not that far
Would you like to see some more?
Dm
Verse 10
In the subway sits a vacuous man
His grip on life is a bent tin can
It's a holy shrine where he burns his light
It makes things easy
and removes his plight
For an hour or two but
he can't escape
They're all penned in with
government tape
Am
Dm
There are good samaritans
who bring the soup
The sally army with their
bibles and boots
You can see yourself as it's not too far
One short trip you don't who they are
Till the night comes then
it all comes back
Like the smell of patchouli and
it's a human shame
It seems we've forgotten we're one
Outro 1
and the same
Dm
C
Dm
F
Dm
C
Dm
Dm
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