The Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
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Tuning: E A D G B E
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How You Should Play Some of the Chords:
G: 355433
Gmaj7sus: 354X33 <----- With this chord you don't have to mute the 4th string. It just sounds better.
G7:353433
Intro: Am D X2
Verse 1:
Am D Am D G Gmaj7sus G7 Gmaj7sus
The distant echo of faraway voices boarding faraway trains
Am D Am D G Gmaj7sus G7 Gmaj7sus
To take them home to the ones that they love and who love them forever
Am D Am D G Gmaj7sus G7 Gmaj7sus
The glazed, dirty steps repeat my own and reflect my thoughts
AmCold and unDinviting, Ampartially Dnaked
Except for Gtoffee wrapers and this Bmmorning's papers, CMr. Jones got run Ddown
GHeadlines of death and sorrow, Bmthey tell of tomorrow, Cmadmen on the ramDpage
And I'm Gdown in the tube station at Bmmidnight, oh oh oh Coh Doh
Break: Am D X2
Verse 2:
Am D Am D G Gmaj7sus G7 Gmaj7sus
I fumble for change and pull out the Queen smiling, beguiling
Am D Am D G Gmaj7sus G7 Gmaj7sus
I put in the money and pull out a plum behind me
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Whispers in the shadows, gruff blazing voices, hate in waiting
Am Hey boy they DshoutAm, have you got any Dmoney
And I said GI've a little money and a Bmtake away curry, I'm on Cmy way home to my Dwife
She'll be Glining up the cutlery, you Bmknow she's expecting me, Cpolishing the glasses and Dpulling out the cork
And I'm Gdown in the tube station at Bmmidnight, oh oh oh Coh Doh
Break: Am D X2
Verse 3:
Am D Am D G Gmaj7sus G7 Gmaj7sus
I first felt a fist, and then a kick, I could now smell their breath
Am D Am D G Gmaj7sus G7 Gmaj7sus
They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings
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My life swam around me, it took a look and drowned me in its own existence
AmThe smell of brown Dleather, Amit blended in with the Dweather
It filled my Geyes, ears, nose and mouth, it Bmblocked all my senses, couldn't Csee, hear, speak any Dlonger
And I'm Gdown in the tube station at Bmmidnight, oh oh oh Coh Doh
I said I was Gdown in the tube station at Bmmidnight, oh oh oh Coh Doh
Drum Break and train noise
GThe last thing that I saw as BmI lay there on the floor was CJesus saves painted by an Datheist nutter
And a GBritish Rail poster read Bmhave an awayday, Ca cheap holiday, oh Ddo it today
I Gglanced back on my life and Bmthought about my wife 'cause Cthey took the keys and Dshe'll think it's me
And I'm Gdown in the tube station at midBmnight, the Cwine will be flat and the Dcurry's gone cold
I'm Gdown in the tube station at Bmmidnight, oh oh oh Coh Doh
Don't want to go Gdown in a tube station at Bmmidnight, oh oh oh Coh Doh
Don't want to go Gdown in a tube station at Bmmidnight, oh oh oh Coh Doh
Don't want to go Gdown in a tube station at Bmmidnight, oh oh oh Coh Doh
Don't want to go Gdown in a tube station at Bmmidnight, oh oh oh Coh Doh