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 - BPM 120 - No drums - Drop D] Arp - just DGB strings - Dm Dm#5 (xx0331) C Dm Dm#5 Dm C Dm x2
(Drums in after first phrase) [Dm][F][Am][Dm] x2 (perhaps don't play 13 to 10 pull offs as hard to then play chord) E -----10------10--------------10-----------------------------13---12-----------13-------10 B 10h13--13p10-10---------10h13--13p10-10--------10----------13--13--------10h13--13p10--10 G -------------x----------------------10---10h12----------14--14--------------------------x D -------------0-----------------------10h12------------------------x---------------------0 A -------------0-----------------------8----------------------------0---------------------0 D -------------0--------------------------------------------------------------------------0
Dr B S B S B S B S B S B
[Verse] [Dm] (stop) Half past twelve ........ And I'm [Gm] (drums in) watching the late show in my flat all alone How I hate to spend the evening on my [Dm] own
[Dm] (stop) Autumn winds ... Blowing [Gm] (drums in) outside the window as I look around the room And it makes me so depressed to see the [Dm] gloom [Bb] There's not a soul out there (High E - 0 1 3 1 0 - Snare between first 0 and 1) [Gm] No one to hear my prayer [Dm/A][A]
[Chorus] [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Won't somebody [Dm] help me chase these [C] shadows [Dm] away [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Take me through the [Dm] darkness to the [C] break of the [Dm] day
[Interlude] [Dm][F][Am][Dm] x2
[Verse] [Dm] Movie stars .... Find the [Gm] end of the rainbow, with that fortune to win It's so different from the world I'm living [Dm] in
[Dm] Tired of T.V. ..... I open the [Gm] window and I gaze into the night But there's nothing there to see, no one in [Dm] sight [Bb] There's not a soul out there (E 0 1 3 1 0) [Gm] No one to hear my prayer [Dm/A][A]
[Chorus] [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah
[Vamp - Solo] [Dm] x 10000
[Partial Verse] [Bb] There's not a soul out there (E 0 1 3 1 0) [Gm] No one to hear my prayer [Dm/A][A]
[Chorus] x2 [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Won't somebody [Dm] help me chase these [C] shadows [Dm] away [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Take me through the [Dm] darkness to the [C] break of the [Dm] day
