Jam (The)-Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - BPM - 130
[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!
[Verse 1] Are you [G] hanging [Em] up a s [Bm] tocking on your [D] wall? [Dsus4][D][D5] It's the [G] time that [Em] every San [Bm] ta has a [D] ball [Dsus4][D][D5] Does he [C] ride a red nosed [G] reindeer? Does he [C] turn up on his s [G] leigh? Do the fai [Am] ries keep him so [C] ber for a [Dsus4] day? [D]
[Chorus] [D] So here it [G] is Merry [Bm] Christmas Every [Bb] body's having fun [D] [G] Look to the [Bm] future now, It's [Bb] only just begun [D]
[Verse 2] Are you [G] waiting [Em] for the fa [Bm] mily to arrive [D] ? [Dsus4][D][D5] Are you [G] sure you [Em] got the [Bm] room to spare in [D] side? [Dsus4][D][D5] Does your [C] granny always [G] tell ya That the [C] old songs are the [G] best? Yet she's [Am] up and rock and [C] rollin' with the rest. [Dsus4][D]
[Chorus] [D] So here it [G] is Merry [Bm] Christmas Every [Bb] body's having fun [D] [G] Look to the [Bm] future now, It's [Bb] only just begun [D]
[Bridge] [Dm] What will your daddy [Bb] do when he sees your [Dm] mama kissin' [Bb] Santa Claus? Ah ah [C][D]
[Verse 3] Are you [G] hanging [Em] up a stoc [Bm] king on your [D] wall? [Dsus4][D][D5] Are you [G] hoping [Em] that the [Bm] snow will start to [D] fall [Dsus4] ? [D][D5] Do you [C] slide up and down the hill [G] side In a [C] buggy you have [G] made? When you [Am] land upon your [C] head then you been slay [Dsus4] ed. [D]
[Chorus] [D] So here it [G] is Merry [Bm] Christmas Every [Bb] body's having fun [D] [G] Look to the fu [Bm] ture now, It's [Bb] only just begun [D]
[Chorus] [D] So here it [G] is Merry [Bm] Christmas Every [Bb] body's having fun [D] [G] Look to the fu [Bm] ture now, It's [Bb] only just begun [D]
[Chorus] [D] So here it [G] is Merry [Bm] Christmas Every [Bb] body's having fun [D] [G] Look to the fu [Bm] ture now, It's [Bb] only just begun [D]
[Chorus] [D] So here it [G] is Merry [Bm] Christmas Every [Bb] body's having fun [D] [G] Look to the fu [Bm] ture now, It's [Bb] only just begun [D]
