Jam (The)-Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - BPM - 173
[Intro](tube station sounds)
[Am] [D7] x2
[Verse 1]
[Am] A distant [D7] echo
[Am] Of faraway [D7] voices boarding [G] faraway
[Gmaj7] trains [G7] [Gmaj7]
[Am] To take take them [D7] home to
[Am] The ones that they [D7] love and who love them for
[G] e- [Gmaj7] ver [G7] [Gmaj7]
[Am] The glazed, dirty [D7] steps
[Am] Repeat my [D7] own and reflect my [G] tho
[Gmaj7] ughts [G7] [Gmaj7]
[Am] Cold and uni [D7] nviting, [Am] partially
[D7] naked, except for...
[Chorus]
[G] Toffee wrappers and this [Bm] morning's papers,
[C] Mr. Jones got [D] run down
[G] Headlines of death and sorrow, [Bm] they tell of
tomorrow, [C] madmen on the ram [D] page
And I'm [G] down in the tube station at [Bm] midnight
, o - o - [C] o - [D] oh
[Am] [D7] x2
[Verse 2]
[Am] I fumble for [D7] change
[Am] And pull out the [D7] Queen, [G] smiling,
be [Gmaj7] guiling [G7] [Gmaj7]
[Am] I put in the [D7] money
[Am] And pull out a [D7] plum, be [G] hind m [Gmaj7] e,
[G7] [Gmaj7]
[Am] Whispers in the [D7] shadows,
[Am] Gruff blazing [D7] voices, [G] hating, [Gmaj7]
waiting [G7] [Gmaj7]
[Am] "Hey, boy," they [D7] shout,
[Am] "Have you got any [D7] money?" And I said...
[Chorus]
[G] "I've a little money and a [Bm] takeaway curry,
I'm [C] on my way home to my [D] wife
She'll be [G] lining up the cutlery, you [Bm] know, she's expecting me,
[C] Polishing the glasses and [D] pulling out the cork,"
I'm [G] down in the tube station at [Bm] midnight,
o - o - [C] o - [D] oh
[Am] [D7] x2
[Verse 3]
[Am] I first felt a [D7] fist
[Am] And then a [D7] kick, I could now [G] smell their
[Gmaj7] breath [G7] [Gmaj7]
[Am] They smelt of [D7] pubs
[Am] And Wormwood [D7] Scrubs and too many [G] right-wing
[Gmaj7] meeting [G7] s [Gmaj7]
[Am] My life swam a [D7] round me
[Am] It took a look and [D7] drowned me in its own e
[G] xistenc [Gmaj7] e [G7] [Gmaj7]
[Am] The smell of brown [D7] leather,
[Am] It blended in with the [D7] weather, it filled my...
[Chorus]
[G] Eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, it [Bm] blocked all my senses,
Couldn't [C] see, hear, speak any [D] longer
I'm [G] down in the tube station at
[Bm] midnight, o - o - [C] o - [D] oh
I said I was [G] down in the tube station at
[Bm] midnight, o - o - [C] oh, [D] oi!
(drum break)
[Outro]
The [G] last thing that I saw as I [Bm] lay there on the floor was
" [C] Jesus saves" painted by an [D] athiest nutter
And a [G] British Rail poster read " [Bm] Have an away day,
[C] A cheap holiday, [D] a-do it today!"
I [G] glanced back on my life and [Bm] thought about my wife 'cause
[C] They took the keys, and [D] she'll think it's me,
And I'm [G] down in the tube station at [Bm] midnight
The [C] wine will be flat, and the [D] curry's gone cold
I'm [G] down in the tube station at
[Bm] midnight, o - o - [C] o - [D] oh
Don't wanna go [G] down in the tube station at
[Bm] midnight, o - o - [C] o - [D] oh
Don't want to go [G] down in the tube station at
[Bm] midnight, o - o - [C] oh, [D] oi!
[G] [Bm] [C] [D]