Chord/Tab song: Skinhead on the MBTA

Band: Dropkick Murphys
Song: Skinhead on the M.B.T.A.
Album: Do or Die
Tabber: [email protected]

mute chord
() bass only note

Intro: x6


e-----------------------|-------------------|
B-----------------------|-------------------|
G-----------------------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D--------2-----2-0------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A--0--4-----4------4-2--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E-----------------------|-------------------|


Verse 1:
A D
Now let me tell you a story of a big ole' skinhead
A E
On a tragic and fateful day
A D
He put 10 cents in his pocket kicked his wife and family
And went to [A]ride on the [E]M.B.T.[A]A

Chorus:
Did he [A]ever return? No, he [D]never returned, and his [A]fate is still unk[E]nown
He will [A]ride forever 'neath the [D]streets of Boston
He's the [A]skinhead who [E]never re[A]turned...

Verse 2:
A D
Skinhead goes down to the Kendall Sq. Station
A E
And he changes for Jamaica Plain,
A D
The conductor says skinhead I need a nickel,
Skinhead [A]punches him [E]in the [A]brain

Chorus x1

Verse 3:
A D
Now all night long skinhead drives through the station
A E
Thinking what can I go and see
A D A E A
Can't afford to buy crack in Chelsea or a bundle in Roxbury

Chorus x1

Verse 4:
Skin[A]head's wife goes to the[(D)] Scully Square Station
Ever[(A)]yday at quarter past[(E)] two,
And[(A)] through the open window she hands skinhead a gr[(D)]enade
As the[(A)] train comes a[(E)] rumbling[(A)] through

Chorus x1

Solo:


e----------------------------------------|
B-------------10b--8-6-------------------|
G------7-5-------------7------7-5--------|
D--7b------7--------------7b------7--9v--|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------|
B-------------10b--8-6-------------------|
G------7-5-------------7------7----------|
D--7b------7--------------7b-----9b--10v-|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|


Verse 5:
Now you[(A)] citizens of Boston don't you[(D)] think its a scandal
How the[(A)] skinhead stole the [E]train?
What's the [A]big in' deal, he'll [D]work for beer
Let the [A]skinhead [E]drive the [A]train

Chorus x2

[A]Skinhead that [E]never re[A]turned x3

(now they sing the chorus drunk in the bar)

That's it (along with all of the Do or Die album)! For suggestions, corrections, and requests, email me:
[email protected]