The Jam – Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (Guitar)

Gmaj7  = 354433      D      = x57775
     (or 354x33)

[Chorus Leads]
   G         Bm        C         D
e|-7-------|-7-------|-8-------|-10------|
B|-8-------|-7-------|-5-------|---------| *Played in the second and third choruses.
G|---------|---------|---------|-7-------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------| *Played during lyrics. Last line,
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|  10th fret on e string changes to 5th fret.
   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4

[Outro Leads]
   G             Bm                        C             D
e|-15----------|(14)---------------------|(12)---------|(10)/--------|
B|-12----------|(12)---------------------|(13)---------|(10)/--------|
G|-------------|-------11----------------|-------------|-14----------|
D|-------------|-------------12----9/----|-14----------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|
   1  2  3  4    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    1  2  3  4    1  2  3  4

   G                         Bm            C             D
e|-15----------------------|-14\---------|-12----------|-10----------------------|
B|-12----------------10h12-|-12----------|-13----------|-10----------15b17b15----| *Played throughout the
G|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|  entire outro and repeated
D|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|  to fade.
A|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    1  2  3  4    1  2  3  4    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +

(Am)       (D7)
  A distant echo

(Am)        (D7)             G       Gmaj7  G7  Gmaj7
  Of faraway voices boarding faraway trains

(Am)               (D7)
  To take take them home to

(Am)                (D7)                       G Gmaj7  G7  Gmaj7
  The ones that they love and who love them fore-ver

Am                  D7
  The glazed, dirty steps

Am          D7                 G  Gmaj7  G7  Gmaj7
  Repeat my own and reflect my thoughts

Am            D7      Am          D7
  Cold and uninviting,  partially naked, except for...

G                        Bm                C             D
Toffee wrappers and this morning's papers, Mr. Jones got run down

G                              Bm                     C                D
Headlines of death and sorrow, they tell of tomorrow, madmen on the rampage

        G                           Bm                C   D
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight, o - o - o - oh

(Am)          (D7)
  I fumble for change

(Am)              (D7)    G          Gmaj7  G7  Gmaj7
  And pull out the Queen, smiling, beguiling

(Am)          (D7)
  I put in the money

(Am)            (D7)     G     Gmaj7  G7  Gmaj7
  And pull out a plum, behind me,

Am                D7
  Whispers in the shadows,

Am              D7      G       Gmaj7  G7  Gmaj7
  Gruff blazing voices, hating, waiting

Am                 D7
  "Hey, boy," they shout,

Am                  D7
  "Have you got any money?" And I said...

G                            Bm                  C                    D
  "I've a little money and a takeaway curry, I'm on my way home to my wife

          G                          Bm
She'll be lining up the cutlery, you know, she's expecting me,

C                         D
Polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork,"

    G                           Bm                C   D
I'm down in the tube station at midnight, o - o - o - oh

(Am)            (D7)
  I first felt a fist

(Am)        (D7)               G           Gmaj7  G7  Gmaj7
  And then a kick, I could now smell their breath

(Am)           (D7)
  They smelt of pubs

(Am)          (D7)                 G          Gmaj7  G7  Gmaj7
  And Wormwood Scrubs and too many right-wing meetings

Am              D7
  My life swam around me

Am                   D7                     G      Gmaj7  G7  Gmaj7
  It took a look and drowned me in its own existence

Am                   D7
  The smell of brown leather,

Am                       D7
  It blended in with the weather, it filled my...

G                               Bm
Eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, it blocked all my senses,

         C                    D
Couldn't see, hear, speak any longer

    G                           Bm                C   D
I'm down in the tube station at midnight, o - o - o - oh

             G                           Bm                C   D
I said I was down in the tube station at midnight, o - o - oh, oi!

    G                          Bm
The last thing that I saw as I lay there on the floor was

 C                          D
"Jesus saves" painted by an athiest nutter

      G                         Bm
And a British Rail poster read "Have an away day,

C                 D
  A cheap holiday,  a-do it today!"

  G                           Bm
I glanced back on my life and thought about my wife 'cause

C                       D
They took the keys, and she'll think it's me,

        G                           Bm
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight

    C                          D
The wine will be flat, and the curry's gone cold

    G                           Bm                C   D
I'm down in the tube station at midnight, o - o - o - oh

               G                           Bm                C   D
Don't wanna go down in the tube station at midnight, o - o - o - oh

                 G                           Bm                C   D
Don't want to go down in the tube station at midnight, o - o - oh, oi!