Chords
A Poem Of Underground Wall

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
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F         C                    Dm            C  
The last train is nearly due,
          Am      E7                    Am  
The underground is closing soon,
          F              C              Dm            C  
And in the dark deserted station
Am                 E7      Am  
Restless in anticipation,
     F                                         C                    F    C      G  Am  
A man waits in the shadows.
          F                    C         Dm                 C  
His restless eyes leap and scratch,
        Am                 E7                 Am  
At all that they can touch or catch,
          F              C                    Dm            C  
And hidden deep within his pocket,
Am                 E7            Am  
Safe within his silent socket,
        F                                      C                 F    C      G  Am  
He holds a colored crayon.
          F                    C                    Dm         C  
Now from the tunnel's stony womb,
          Am                 E7                 Am  
The carriage rides to meet the groom,
          F            C                    Dm              C  
And opens wide and welcome doors,
                  Am    E7            Am  
But he hesitates, then withdraws
F                                 C                            Am  
Deeper in the shadows.
And the train is gone suddenly
        C  
On wheels clicking silently
                  F                                         Em  Dm  
Like a gently tapping lita-ny,
                  Am  
And he holds his crayon rosary
F                                    C                    Am  
Tighter in his hand.
          F                    C              Dm                 C  
Now from his pocket quick he flashes
          Am            E7            Am  
The crayon on the wall he slashes,
F              C              Dm      C  
Deep upon the advertising,
     Am            E7            Am  
A single worded poem comprised
        F                                 C  
Of four letters.
                     F                    C                      Dm                      C  
And his heart is laughing, screaming, pounding,
          Am         E7                    Am  
The poem across the tracks rebounding
F                    C              Dm      C  
Shadowed by the exit light
          Am                    E7            Am  
His legs take their ascending flight
        F                    C                      Am                 E7            Am  
To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night.