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!
[Intro Guitar riff - finger first G chord 2nd finger playing 3rd fret of B] Play round of F and G first then F G F G F G (PLAY 5 WITH LITTLE FINGER) E ----------x----x--------------x----x------------------3------ B ----------3----353------------3----3------------------3------ G ----------0----0--5-----------0----2420---------------4----- D ----------0----0--------------0----0------------------5------ A ----------x----x--------------x-----------------------5 E 1111-1111-3333-3333-1111-1111-3333-3333-----1111-1111-333-5--
[Verse - Barre chord for F and chug G but play inversion where you can play the riff as well] [F] Now here you [G] go again You say [F] you want your f [G] reedom (lower G riff) [F] Well, who am [G] I to keep you down [F] ? [G] [F] It's only righ [G] t that you should [F] play the way you f [G] eel it But lis [F] ten caref [G] ully to the so [F] und Of your l [G] oneliness, like a (bass on all quarter notes) h [F] eartbeat, drives you [G] mad In the sti [F] llness of re [G] membering what you ha [F] d [G] And what you l [F] ost [G] And what you h [F] ad [G] And what you l [F] ost [G]
[Chorus - More open chords but keep 8th note pulse under and put fills in - imply fills with strumming and chords more than snare] Oh [Fmaj7] thunder only ha [G6] ppens when it's r [Fmaj7] aining [G] [Fmaj7] Players only l [G6] ove you when they're p [Fmaj7] laying [G] Say [Fmaj7] women they will co [G6] me and they will [Fmaj7] go [G] [Fmaj7] When the rain wash [G6] es you clean, you'll [Fmaj7] know [G] You'll [Fmaj7-High one] know
[Instrumental Break - Drums stop - strum all of this to make sound fuller] |(Fmaj7)| G | G | F E -8---8----------x------5--3----------1--- B -10--10--8-10---3----------3---------1--- G -9---9----------0-----------------5--2--- D -10--10---------0--------------------3--- A -8---8----------x--------------------3--- E ----------------3--------------------1---
|Am | G | G | F Fmaj7 at 8th fret E -8---8----------x------5--3----------1---------- B -10--10--8-10---3----------3---------1---10p8---(notes ring together) G -9---9---9-9----0-----------------5--2-------9-- D -x---x----------0--------------------3--------10 A -0---8----------x--------------------3---8------ E ----------------3--------------------1----------
[Verse] [F] Now here I [G] go again I s [F] ee your crystal [G] visions (lower G riff) [F] I keep my v [G] isions to myse [F] lf [G] [F] It's only me [G] who wants to wra [F] p around you dream [G] s and, [F] Have you any d [G] reams you'd like to s [F] ell Dreams of lo [G] neliness like a (bass drum on all quarter notes) [F] heartbeat drives you [G] mad In the s [F] tillness of re [G] membering what you ha [F] d [G] And what you l [F] ost [G] And what you h [F] ad [G] Ooh, and what you [F] lost [G]
[Chorus] Oh, [Fmaj7] thunder only hap [G6] pens when it's ra [Fmaj7] ining [G] [Fmaj7] Players only l [G6] ove you when they're pl [Fmaj7] aying [G] Say, [Fmaj7] women, they will c [G6] ome and they will [Fmaj7] go [G] [Fmaj7] When the rain wash [G6] es you clean, you'll [Fmaj7] know [G]
Oh, t [Fmaj7] hunder only happe [G6] ns when it's ra [Fmaj7] ining [G] [Fmaj7] Players only l [G6] ove you when they're pl [Fmaj7] aying [G] Say, [Fmaj7] women, they will c [G6] ome and they will [Fmaj7] go [G] [Fmaj7] When the rain wash [G6] es you clean, you'l [Fmaj7] l know [G] You'll [Fmaj7] know [G] You will [Fmaj7] know [G] Ahh, yo [Fmaj7] u'll know
