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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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  wheels  spinning  silently                                      Like a

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  holds his crayon  rosary                              Tighter in his

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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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  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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