Waiting For The B Train Akkorde von 
Christine Lavin 
N/A
Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
Verse 1
B
C#m
I dropped a token in to the slot.
F#
B
Pushed through the turn stile.
G#m
There was a wo man at the
end of the platform
C#m
Waiving her arm s around,
F#
kind of wild.
G#m
"Come here," she
Verse 2
wailed.
"There's a puppy on the rails.
C#m
F#
I think it has been hurt."
B
I raced down to where she
G#m
was point ing
C#m
F#
to see a ball of fur covered with dirt.
Interlude 1
B
Verse 3
B
C#m
F#
"It must be dead," I said to her,
B
as I turned to leave.
G#m
"No, it's alive," she cried.
"Just before you got here,
C#m
F#
I swear, I saw it breath."
G#m
"And I'll watch
Verse 4
for the train
if you'll jump down.
C#m
F#
Pick him up and hand it to me.
B
If we take him to the vet,
G#m
if we save his life,
F#
B
Think how wonder ful that'll be."
Verse 5
E
I looked into the tunnel,
B
there was no train in sight.
E
I looked at the furry thing lying there,
B
F#
a truly pitiful sight.
G#m
"Look," I said. "I'm not
sure that's a puppy.
F#
Could be a lice- infested, long- haired rat.
B
And it's gotta be dead,
G#m
so I'm not jumping down,"
F#
and I figured that that was that.
B
Verse 6
C#m
But by now more people arrived on the plat form,
F#
and she said,
"Help. There's a puppy
B
on the tracks."
G#m
They looked for a moment,
and like true New Yorkers,
C#m
F#
col lectively turned their back s.
G#m
She said, "Somebody's
gotta do something,"
C#m
As we slowly turned
F#
around again.
B
"Someone must have the
G#m
courage to save him.
F#
It's a puppy. It's man's
B
be st friend."
Verse 7
B
"Trains come through here
C#m
every few minutes."
F#
B
Said a man wearing madras pants.
G#m
"And it's way too dangerous.
You'd have to be nuts,
C#m
F#
to take such a foolish chance."
G#m
But the wo man was insistent. "In
the time we've been debating,"
C#m
She said "One of you could've
F#
jumped down.
B
Handed him to me,
G#m
by now that puppy could be
F#
B
at the anim al shelter cross town!"
Verse 8
E
We felt bad, but no one would do it.
B
Then a transit cop appeared.
E
Down at the other end of the platform
B
We all yelled "Hey you!
F#
Come here!"
G#m
He ran to us, I pointed to the
train tracks and said,
C#m
F#
"See that thing, furry, not to big.
B
What do you think it is,
G#m
C#m
he looked and said,...
Verse 9
C#m
"What? You mean that wig?"
F#
Verse 10
B
C#m
We stepped back. A rush of embar rassment
F#
B
swept right through the crowd.
G#m
Accen ted by the blast of
a train whistle,
C#m
F#
Approach ing and growing quite loud.
G#m
The "be
" train flattened that furry thing.
C#m
F#
We got on board, went on our way.
B
G#m
Grate ful that we did not risk our lives
F#
B
to save a life of a wig that day.
Verse 11
B
So if you see something
C#m
F#
on the train tracks,
B
Take a tip from me.
G#m
Don't let any body talk
you into saving it,
C#m
F#
It's best to just let it be.
G#m
And if you see a person wearing
C#m
F#
what looks like a puppy on their head,
B
G#m
Don't call the police, it's only a wig,...
Verse 12
C#m
F#
B
..and chances are it's already dead.
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Akkorde & SongtexteB C#m F# G#m E
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C#m
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