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From: "Kean,John"
A Poem on the Underground Wall - Simon & Garfunkel
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>From "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme".
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).
Capo 7th fret.
2/4 time (mostly).
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Mmm mmm mmm Mmm mmm mmm The
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last train is nearly due The underground is closing soon And
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in the dark deserted station Restless in anticipation A
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man waits in the shadows
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His restless eyes leap and scratch At
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all that they can touch or catch And hidden deep within his pocket
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Safe within its silent socket He holds a colored crayon
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Now
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from the tunnel's stony womb The carriage rides to meet the groom And
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opens wide its welcome doors But he hesitates then withdraws
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Deeper in the shadows
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And the
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train is gone suddenly On
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wheels spinning silently Like a
3/4 . . . , . . . , . . .2/4, . . . , . . . , . . . , . . .
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gently tapping litany And he
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holds his crayon rosary Tighter in his
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hand Now
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from his pocket quick he flashes The crayon on the wall he slashes
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Deep upon the advertising, A single worded poem comprising
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Four letters And his
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heart is laughing screaming pounding The poem across the tracks rebounding
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Shadowed by the exit light His legs take their ascending flight To
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seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night
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