Jam (The)-Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - BPM - 164
[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 - Starts with bass] [D] Xxx Xxx Xxx xxX - xxX xxX xxX XxX - twice
[Key part- Just play bass drum] - twice E ---------------14---------- B 15--------15---15------14-- G 14--14-16---16-14----16--16 D 0------------------------- A (0)----------------------- E X-------------------------
[Verse 1- Full drums] Better stop[F#m] dreaming of a quiet life, ´Cause it´s the one we'll [Em] never know And quit[F#m] running for that runaway bus `Cause those rosy days [Em] are few And stop[G] apologizing, For the things[F#m] you´vre never done ´Causet Time is [A] short and life is cruel [A] But it´s up to us to change This town called Malice [D]
[Intro riff] x 2 [D]
[Verse 2] [F#m] Rows and rows of disused milk Floats stand dying in [Em] the dairy yard And a hundred [F#m] lonely house wifes Clutch empty milk bott [Em] les to their hearts Hang [G] ing out their old love letters [F#m] On the lines to dry It´s enough [A] to make you stop believing [A] When tears come fast and furious [A] In this town called Malice
[Intro riff] x 2 [D] Yeah yeah yeah yeah
[Bah bah bah bit] [F#m] Ba ba ba ba badaba [Em] Ba ba ba da dad [F#m] Ba ba ba ba badaba [Em] Ba ba ba da dad
[Chorus] [G] Struggle after struggle [F#m] Year after year The [A]atmosphere´s a fine blend of ice I´m [A] almost stone cold [A] dead In this town called [D] Malice
[Intro riff] X 2 [D] Ooh yeah
[Middle Eight?] A whole[Dbm] street´s belief in Sun[Bm]day´s roast beef Gets dashed[Dbm] against the Co[Bm]-Op
[Chorus] To either cut down [A] on beer Or the [A] kid´s new gear [A] It´s a big decision in this town called Malice
[Intro riff] [D] Oh, yeah
[Stop as per intro] [D] x 2 - bass riff x 2 [Intro] riff x 2 - big fill back in
[Verse 3] [F#m] ghost of a steam train [Em]Echoes down my track [F#m] It´s at the moment bound for nowhere [Em]Just going round and round oeeee [G]Playground kids and creaking swings [F#m] Lost laughter in the breeze I could [A]go on for hours and I propably will But I´d [A]sooner put some joy back in [A] This town called Malice
[Outro] [D] This town called Malice This town called Malice [Improv ending]
