Jam (The)-Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - BPM - 128
[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 - play hammer on with little finger so easier to finger notes and keep ringing
E -x-------0 1 3 ------8----8------------------------3p1----1-- B -3---1-3---------10----10-8-----8b10----6--8b10---------3-1-- G -2-0h2--------------------9-------------------------------2-- D -0------------------------10------------------------------3-- A --------------------------10--0---------------------------3-- E -----------------8--------8----------------------1--------1--
Alternative idea - play Fshape chords with F7 fingering but mute the 7th with second finger - frees up little finger to play notes of the solo - e.g. 810x988 and 13x211 Strumming guitar pattern - play bass note, pluck top notes with fingers - first 2 8th notes then play for rest of bar with chords offbeat then for the 'right down' chords pluck all staccato
BPM 128 Intro Dm |C |Am |F ||(x3) C |G |Am G |F | || Verse 1 [Dm] You know I [C] need your love [Am] You've got that hold over [F] me [Dm] Long as I [C] got your love [Am] You know that I'll never l [F] eave [Dm] When I wanted you to [C] share my life I [Am] had no doubt in my [F] mind And it's been [C] you [G] Woman R [Am] ight d [G] own the l [F] ine
[Dm] I know how much I le [C] an on you [Am] Only you can s [F] e [Dm] The changes that I'v [C] e been through [Am] Have left a mark on [F] m [Dm] You've been as constant as a n [C] orthern star [Am] The brightest light that sh [F] ines And it's been [C] you [G] Woman R [Am] ight d [G] own the l [F] ine
Bridge [D] I just want to [Bm] say this is [G] my way Of [E/G#] telling you e [A] verything I could n [F] ever Say bef [Dm] or [Bm] Yeah this is [G] my way Of [E/G#] telling you that [A] every day I'm [F] loving you so much [Dm] more...
Verse 2 [(Dm)] 'Cause you bel [C] ieved in me [Am] Through my darkest ni [F] ght [Dm] Put something better insi [C] de of me [Am] You brought me into the li [F] ght [Dm] Threw away all those c [C] razy dreams [Am] I put them all beh [F] ind And it was [C] you [G] Woman R [Am] ight d [G] own the l [F] ine
Solo Dm |C |Am |F ||(x3) C |G |Am G |F | ||
Bridge [D] I just want to [Bm] say this is [G] my way Of [E/G#] telling you [A] everything I could [F] never Say be [Dm] fore [Bm] Yeah this is [G] my way Of [E/G#] telling you that [A] every day I'm [F] loving you so much m [Dm] ore...
Verse 3 [(Dm] If [)] I should d [C] oubt myself [Am] If I'm losing gr [F] ound [Dm] I won't turn to [C] someone else [Am] They'd only let me d [F] own [Dm] When I wanted you to s [C] hare my life [Am] I had no doubt in my mi [F] n
And it's been [C] you [G] Woman R [Am] ight d [G] own the l [F] ine
Outro D Bm G E/G# A F Dm Bm G E/G# A F Dm (&fade)Oooh ooohhh..Woooh... etc.
