Jam (The)-Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - BPM - 102
[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!
[Capo 2 - Intro - Just bass drum - BPM 104 - time sig 7/4] Pickup - downstrokes for first figure then alternating strums to bring out the melody [E/A][Esus4/A][E/A](emphasise high B) [Main Riff] [D5/A][Dsus2/A][A] - [D/A][A][E/A] - [E/A][Esus4/A][E/A] - repeat x 4 (E/A - mute low E with thumb when playing)
[Verse - Just bass drum] [A][E/A][A][A] Climbing up on Solsbury [A]Hill [E/A][A][A] I could see the city [F#m]light [E/F#-222452-think Dsus2] [F#m] Wind was blowing, time stood [F#m]still [E/F#][F#m] Eagle flew out of the
[A]night [E/A][A][A] He was something to ob.... [A]serve [E/A][A][A] Came in close, I heard a [F#m]voice [E/F#][F#m] Standing stretching every (pattern for D bit is Dmaj7 x x E/D - x Dmaj7 Dmaj7 x) [F#m]nerve [E/F#][F#m] I had to listen had no
[Dmaj7]choice [E/D]I did [Dmaj7]not be lieve the informa [Dmaj7]tion [E/D] Just [Dmaj7]had to trust imagina [Dmaj7/B]tion [E/B]My heart [Dmaj7/B]going boom boom, boom [Dmaj7/B]Son [E/B]he said, [Dmaj7/B] [Bm7]Grab your [A/C#]things, I've [D5]come to [E]take you home
[Interlude - Still just bass drum] [D5/A][Dsus2/A][A] - [D/A][A][E/A] - [E/A][Esus4/A][E/A] X 2
[Verse - Full drums - pattern B S B S B S B - B S B S B S B ] [A][E/A][A][A] To keep in silence I re [A] signed [E/A][A][A] My friends would think I was a [F#m] nut [E/F#][F#m] Turning water into wine [F#m] wine [E/F#][F#m] Open doors would soon be
[A] Shut [E/A][A][A] So I went from day to [A] day [E/A][A][A] Tho' my life was in a rut [F#m] rut [E/F#][F#m] 'Till I thought of what I'd say [F#m] say [E/F#][F#m] Which connection I should
[Dmaj7]cut [E/D] I was [Dmaj7]fee ling part of the scene [Dmaj7]ry [E/D]I walked [Dmaj7]right out of the machine [Dmaj7/B]ry [E/B]My heart [Dmaj7/B]going boom boom, boom [Dmaj7/B]Hey [E/B]he said, [Dmaj7/B] [Bm7]Grab your [A/C#]things, I've [D5]come to [E]take you home
[Interlude] [D5/A][Dsus2/A][A] - [D/A][A][E/A] - [E/A][Esus4/A][E/A] X 4 Yeah back home [Verse] [A][E/A][A][A] When illusion spin her [A]net [E/A][A][A] I'm never where I want to [F#m]be [E/F#][F#m] And liberty she pirou [F#m]ette [E/F#][F#m] When I think that I am
[A]free [E/A][A][A] Watched by empty silhou [A]ettes [E/A][A][A] Who close their eyes, but still can [F#m]see [E/F#][F#m] No one taught them eti [F#m]quette [E/F#][F#m] I will show another [Dmaj7]me [E/D]To day [Dmaj7]I don't need a replace [Dmaj7]ment [E/D]I'll tell [Dmaj7]them what the smile on my face [Dmaj7/B]meant [E/B]My heart [Dmaj7/B]going boom boom, boom [Dmaj7/B]Hey [E/B]I said, [Dmaj7/B] You can [Bm7]keep my [A/C#]things, they've [D5]come to [E]take me home
[Outro] [D5/A][Dsus2/A][A] - [D/A][A][E/A] - [E/A][Esus4/A][E/A] (repeat and fade) [End]
