Jam (The)-Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - BPM - 84
[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 - No drums - Just finger pick - 2 bars per chord] |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |
E -9----------12-9---9---------- B -9----10-10--------10-------------- G -9--11-------------11--------- D -X-----------------0------- A -0-------------------------- E ----------------------------
[Verse 1 - Finger pick] [Amaj7] We've only just be [Dmaj7] gun ......... t [C#m7] o live, [F#m7] White lace and [Bm7] promi...ses, [F#m7] A kiss for luck and we're [Bm7] on our waaaay.(start to strum) ([E7sus4][E7]) we only be
[Verse 2 - Drums in - Light snare sound based on downstroke on strings - not slap ] [Amaj7] (gun) Before the rising [Dmaj7] sun ........we [C#m7] fly, [F#m7] So many [Bm7] roads to choose, [F#m7] We start off walking and [Bm7] learn to ruuuuun, ([E7sus4][E7]) And yes, we've just be (full drums)
[Vamp - 1 bar each - play chord on snare mainl] gun [Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] - [Amaj7] - ([Dmaj7][E])
[CHORUS: - Hold most of F# when moving to Bmaj7 - only lift up fingers that need to] [F#] Sharing hor [Bmaj7] izons that are [F#] new to us, [Bmaj7] [F#] Watching the [Bmaj7] signs along the [F#] way. [Bmaj7] (slide up first finger of Bb chord to right location for Ebmaj7 - x65333) [Bb] Talkin' it [Ebmaj7] over, just the t [Bb] wo of us, [Ebmaj7] [Bb] Working [Ebmaj7] together day to ([E7sus4][E7]) day........ to gether..
[Verse 3 - Light drums again] [Amaj7] And when the evening [Dmaj7] comes we [C#m7] smile, [F#m7] So much of [Bm7] life a...head. [F#m7] We'll find a place where there's r [Bm7] oom to grow, [E7] And yes, we've just begun. (full drums)
[Vamp - 1 bar each - play chord on snare mainl] [Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] - [Amaj7] - ([Dmaj7][E])
[CHORUS:] [F#] Sharing hor [Bmaj7] izons that are [F#] new to us, [Bmaj7] [F#] Watching the [Bmaj7] signs along the [F#] way. [Bmaj7] [Bb] Talkin' it [Ebmaj7] over, just the t [Bb] wo of us, [Ebmaj7] [Bb] Working [Ebmaj7] together day to [E7sus4] day... [Extra bars introduce] to [E7] gether.. together
[Verse 4] [Amaj7] And when the evening [Dmaj7] comes we [C#m7] smile, [F#m7] So much of [Bm7] life a...head. [F#m7] We'll find a place where there's [Bm7] room to grow, [E7] And yes, we've just begun. (finger pick to end - each 1 bar but tempo goes right down) [Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] - [Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] [C#] . . . .
