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Chords:
Am, Em, C, G
[Am]Early morn, train station, aching from the arthritis,
[Em]This war veteran knows what a hard time is,
[C]He needs his pension, dementia and half blind is,
[G]The reason he rides the train with no car license,
[Am]So he boards with an expired ticket has a swipe,
[Em]Gets a fine cos the change he got don't add up right,
[C]We're taking about a man who never lived a lavish life,
[G]Caught up in the age of computer chips and satellites,
[Am]A lovely lady boards looking tired and half awake,
[Em]He smiles, she's reminds him of his wife that passed away,
[C]She says something as she walks right past his way,
[G]His old hearing aid don't last quite half the day,
[Am]Some young gentlemen alive with their laughter,
[Em]Approach the old timer and put a knife to his heart to,
[C]Explain that money or bloods the price of their barter,
[G]To a man whose friends probably died for their fathers.
(Chorus)
[Am]Whatever it takes can justify,
[Em]Whatever ends we make, whatever the price,
[C]To the end of a life, it's just an observation,
[G]So take a ride we're stopping all stations.
[Am]It's been a long night the suns lifting on a cold,
[Em]Morning but she's drugged and drunk tripping on her stroll,
[C]On the way home, she's done stripping on a pole,
[G]But she can't pay for her son living on the dole,
[Am]Jumps a train puts on her gloves she's wearing black,
[Em]Being watched by some old mug she's glaring back,
[C]She's on edge and got the bug from sharing smack,
[G]So she says, "Hey, what the fuck you staring at?"
[Am]He smiles, an unsteady hand rubs on his dome,
[Em]She takes a seat, a messy band of ruffs board alone,
[C]To the digger with a machete at his lungs and he's prone,
[G]He can barely stand but ready to stand up for his own,
[Am]She tries to help him she doesn't choose to flee the car,
[Em]And catches a blow with enough bruise to leave a scar,
[C]She starts fainting, the rooms moving and seeing stars,
[G]Ain't it amazing how courageous human beings are?
(Chorus)
[Am]Whatever it takes can justify,
[Em]Whatever ends we make, whatever the price,
[C]To the end of a life, it's just an observation,
[G]So take a ride we're stopping all stations.
[Am]He knows nothing but hard work and scraping by,
[Em]Looking for a purse or wallet so he can make a buy,
[C]He hasn't been on the nod since this morning,
[G]And he needs to touch the face of god, his skin it's just crawling,
[Am]These peeps are sheep, time to fleece the market,
[Em]Jumps a train with some friends, sees an easy target,
[C]An old man hard hit by age, faint-hearted,
[G]The kid pulls a knife, like let's get started,
[Am]A girl steps he's like eat the carpet,
[Em]Laughs with his friend like she's retarded,
[C]The old man stepped and swept the assailant,
[G]Off his feet, his head connected with the railing,
[Am]Your weak the old man said as the kid lay recovering,
[Em]Blubbering, get to your feet I'll tell you another thing
[C]A real man never lays his hands on a woman,
[G]A real man would know that, no surprise that you wouldn't,
[Am]I didn't fight in two wars just so forty years later,
[Em]You'd have the freedom to rob me on the train this behaviour,
[C]Doesn't fit with what I gave this country so cut me,
[G]Won't live another day in a world that's so ugly.
So take a ride, cos we're stopping all stations.
Chords:
Am, Em, C, G
[Am]Early morn, train station, aching from the arthritis,
[Em]This war veteran knows what a hard time is,
[C]He needs his pension, dementia and half blind is,
[G]The reason he rides the train with no car license,
[Am]So he boards with an expired ticket has a swipe,
[Em]Gets a fine cos the change he got don't add up right,
[C]We're taking about a man who never lived a lavish life,
[G]Caught up in the age of computer chips and satellites,
[Am]A lovely lady boards looking tired and half awake,
[Em]He smiles, she's reminds him of his wife that passed away,
[C]She says something as she walks right past his way,
[G]His old hearing aid don't last quite half the day,
[Am]Some young gentlemen alive with their laughter,
[Em]Approach the old timer and put a knife to his heart to,
[C]Explain that money or bloods the price of their barter,
[G]To a man whose friends probably died for their fathers.
(Chorus)
[Am]Whatever it takes can justify,
[Em]Whatever ends we make, whatever the price,
[C]To the end of a life, it's just an observation,
[G]So take a ride we're stopping all stations.
[Am]It's been a long night the suns lifting on a cold,
[Em]Morning but she's drugged and drunk tripping on her stroll,
[C]On the way home, she's done stripping on a pole,
[G]But she can't pay for her son living on the dole,
[Am]Jumps a train puts on her gloves she's wearing black,
[Em]Being watched by some old mug she's glaring back,
[C]She's on edge and got the bug from sharing smack,
[G]So she says, "Hey, what the fuck you staring at?"
[Am]He smiles, an unsteady hand rubs on his dome,
[Em]She takes a seat, a messy band of ruffs board alone,
[C]To the digger with a machete at his lungs and he's prone,
[G]He can barely stand but ready to stand up for his own,
[Am]She tries to help him she doesn't choose to flee the car,
[Em]And catches a blow with enough bruise to leave a scar,
[C]She starts fainting, the rooms moving and seeing stars,
[G]Ain't it amazing how courageous human beings are?
(Chorus)
[Am]Whatever it takes can justify,
[Em]Whatever ends we make, whatever the price,
[C]To the end of a life, it's just an observation,
[G]So take a ride we're stopping all stations.
[Am]He knows nothing but hard work and scraping by,
[Em]Looking for a purse or wallet so he can make a buy,
[C]He hasn't been on the nod since this morning,
[G]And he needs to touch the face of god, his skin it's just crawling,
[Am]These peeps are sheep, time to fleece the market,
[Em]Jumps a train with some friends, sees an easy target,
[C]An old man hard hit by age, faint-hearted,
[G]The kid pulls a knife, like let's get started,
[Am]A girl steps he's like eat the carpet,
[Em]Laughs with his friend like she's retarded,
[C]The old man stepped and swept the assailant,
[G]Off his feet, his head connected with the railing,
[Am]Your weak the old man said as the kid lay recovering,
[Em]Blubbering, get to your feet I'll tell you another thing
[C]A real man never lays his hands on a woman,
[G]A real man would know that, no surprise that you wouldn't,
[Am]I didn't fight in two wars just so forty years later,
[Em]You'd have the freedom to rob me on the train this behaviour,
[C]Doesn't fit with what I gave this country so cut me,
[G]Won't live another day in a world that's so ugly.
So take a ride, cos we're stopping all stations.
