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A couple of people are playing with a remix of [[Charlie and the MTA]]. Tim would bring instruments but not unless he had actually practiced with some fellow occupiers.
==== Bechtel and the MBTA<br/> ====
 
intro: <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="text-align:-webkit-center">"</span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;  text-align:-webkit-center">These are the times that try men's souls. In the course of our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened. Today, a new crisis has arisen. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, better known as the M.B.T.A., is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the 99% in the form of a subway fare increase. Through service cuts, they threaten to keep our families from going to work and our children from going to school. Citizens, hear us out! This could happen to you!"</span>


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Bechtel and the MBTA
            G
Let me tell you the story
Let me tell you the story
        C  
    C  
Of a man named Charlie
Of a man named Charlie
        G                   D
    G D
On a tragic and fateful day
On a tragic and fateful day
                G
          G
He put his card in his pocket,
He put his card in his pocket,
              C
          C
Kissed his wife and family
Kissed his wife and family
            G             D   G
        G           D G
Went to ride on the MTA
Went to ride on the MTA


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Charlie swiped his card
              G
At the Kendall Square Station
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
When he got there they said,
"There's been a fare hike."
and he could not get off that train.
 
 
Chorus 1:
          G
     Did he ever return,
     Did he ever return,
              C
          C
     No he never returned
     No he never returned
             G                     D
             G               D
     And his fate is still unlearn'd
     And his fate is still unlearn'd
                G
          G
     He may ride forever
     He may ride forever
                    C
              C
     'neath the streets of Boston
     'neath the streets of Boston
                G             D          G
            G       D          G
     He's the man who never returned.
     He's the man who never returned.


Charlie swiped his card
At the Kendall Square Station
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
When he got there they said,
"There's been a fare hike."
and he could not get off that train.
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Now all night long
Now all night long
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Or my cousin in Roxbury?"  
Or my cousin in Roxbury?"  


     Chorus1:
     Chorus 1:
 


[Instrumental]
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| valign="top" | <pre>Now I'll tell you a story
<pre>
Now I'll tell you a story
about the Big Dig Tunnel
about the Big Dig Tunnel
And the tragic and fateful way
And the tragic and fateful way
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Who rides on the MBTA
Who rides on the MBTA


The people got burned
It was money motivation
While the bankers they learned
No one watched the corporations
how to get rich and have their way
The costs grew day by day
Just restructure the debt
In the state house they had meetings
Charge big fees for your bets
With the banksters they were scheming
And make the people pay
How to get rich 'n have their way
 
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We will never be burned
We will never be turned
To a world without the T
We will ride forever
'neath the streets of Boston
Public trains they oughta be free.


Chorus 2:
    The people got burned
    The banks stole what we earned
    But we won't let 'em steal the T!
    We will ride forever
    'neath the streets of Boston
    Public trains, they oughta be free.


Bechtel did the job
Bechtel did the job
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Since they billed the MBTA
Since they billed the MBTA


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Enough is enough
Enough is enough
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No more cuts to the MBTA
No more cuts to the MBTA


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Now you citizens of Boston
Now you citizens of Boston
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The riders get sold out
The riders get sold out
No more cuts to the MBTA
No more cuts to the MBTA
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Latest revision as of 20:10, 11 May 2012

Bechtel and the MBTA

intro: "These are the times that try men's souls. In the course of our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened. Today, a new crisis has arisen. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, better known as the M.B.T.A., is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the 99% in the form of a subway fare increase. Through service cuts, they threaten to keep our families from going to work and our children from going to school. Citizens, hear us out! This could happen to you!"

       G
Let me tell you the story
     C 
Of a man named Charlie
     G  		D
On a tragic and fateful day
           G
He put his card in his pocket,
           C
Kissed his wife and family
        G           D G
Went to ride on the MTA

Charlie swiped his card
At the Kendall Square Station
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
When he got there they said,
"There's been a fare hike."
and he could not get off that train.


Chorus 1:
           G
    Did he ever return,
          C
    No he never returned
            G               D
    And his fate is still unlearn'd
           G
    He may ride forever
               C
    'neath the streets of Boston
             G       D           G
    He's the man who never returned.


Now all night long
Charlie rides through the tunnels
Saying, "What will become of me?
Crying
How can I afford to see
My sister in Chelsea
Or my cousin in Roxbury?" 

    Chorus 1:

[Instrumental]
Now I'll tell you a story
about the Big Dig Tunnel
And the tragic and fateful way
How a crooked highway project
Came to rob every family
Who rides on the MBTA

It was money motivation
No one watched the corporations
The costs grew day by day
In the state house they had meetings
With the banksters they were scheming
How to get rich 'n have their way

Chorus 2:
    The people got burned
    The banks stole what we earned
    But we won't let 'em steal the T!
    We will ride forever 
    'neath the streets of Boston
    Public trains, they oughta be free.

Bechtel did the job
While the poor working slob
Paid for all their mistakes
The highway its leaking
The people be freakin
Since they billed the MBTA

    Chorus 2:

Enough is enough
The people are saying
Don't you take the busses away
Your games aint a-working
And we aint a-takin
No more cuts to the MBTA

    Chorus:

Now you citizens of Boston
Don't you think its a scandal
That people have to pay and pay
While the banks get bailed out 
The riders get sold out
No more cuts to the MBTA


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