Jam (The)-Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - BPM - 120
[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!
[Loop notes - have slight dirt on sound, use rythm to lead pickup trick - you dont have to loop the Amaj bit so can run longer] [Intro - No drums] [D][G] x 4 (pick line on E - 3-3-2-0 on G chord- drums in at end - fast down strums muted - sounds best - but be ready for speed - and stop on snare)
[Vamp - Play add6s] [D][C][G][G]
[Verse 1 - D to Dadd6 riff, same with C and G] [D] If you [C] wake up and [G] don't want to smile [D] If it [C] takes just a [G] little while [D] Open your [C] eyes and [G] look at the day [A to A6 shuffle] You'll see things in a different way
[Chorus - Can play more open Ds and Gs with 6s - x00202, 03x210] [D] Don't [C] stop [G] thinking about tomorrow [D] Don't [C] stop, [G] it'll soon be here [D] It'll [C] be [G] better than before [A to A6 shuffle] Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
[Link] [D][C][G][G] [D][C][G][G]
[Verse 2] [D] Why not [C] think about [G] times to come [D] And not a [C] bout the [G] things that you've done [D] If your [C] life was [G] bad to you [A to A6 shuffle] Just think what tomorrow will do
[Chorus] [D] Don't [C] stop [G] thinking about tomorrow [D] Don't [C] stop, [G] it'll soon be here [D] It'll [C] be [G] better than before [A to A6 shuffle] Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone [hold chord 2 more bars]
[Lead break] [D][C][G][G] [D][C][G][G] [D][C][G][G] [A to A6 shuffle] - twice as long as usual
[Verse 3] [D] All I [C] want is to [G] see you smile [D] If it [C] takes just a [G] little while [D] I know you [C] don't be [G] lieve that it's true [A7] I never meant any harm to you
[Chorus] [D] Don't [C] stop [G] thinking about tomorrow [D] Don't [C] stop, [G] it'l [STOP - N.C.] l soon be here (BACK IN) [D] It'll [C] be [G] better than before [A7] Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone [D] Don't [C] stop [G] thinking about tomorrow [D] Don't [C] stop, [G] it'll soon be here [D] It'll [C] be [G] better than before [A7] Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
[Outro] [D] Ooo [C] ooh, [G] Don't you look [D] back [C][G] [D] Ooo [C] ooh, [G] Don't you look [D] back [C][G] [D] Ooo [C] ooh, [G] Don't you look [D] back [C][G] [D] Ooo [C] ooh, [G] Don't you look [D] back [C][G]
[Extra notes] vox - big doubled sound - lots of reverb
[Add6 riff] [D][C][G] E --7----5---3-3----- B 7-7--5-5---3-5-- G 7-7--5-5---4-4-- D 7-7--5-5---5-X-- A 5-5--3-3---5-5-- E -----------3-3--
[Piano part] E --2----3-2-0---(PICK EACH NOTE) B --3----0------- G --2----0------- D --0----0------- A --X----X------- E --X----3-------(CAN TAKE ALL FINGERS OFF G TO PLAY HIGH FIGURE WELL) (down strum triplets at some points to really simulate the piano part that McVie played) Play 3 times, then muted downstrokes with snare hits for final figure
