Down in the tube station at midnight
Am - D - Am
- D
Am D
1. The distant echo
Am D G
of
faraway voices boarding faraway trains,
Am
D
to
take them home to
Am D G
the
ones that they love and who love them forever.
Am D
2. The glazed, dirty steps
Am
D G
repeat
my own and reflect my thoughts,
Am
D - Am D
cold
and uninviting, partially naked,
G Bm
except
for toffee wrappers and this morning's paper.
C D
Mr. Jones got run down.
G Bm
Headlines of death and sorrow,
they tell of tomorrow,
C D
madmen
on the rampage,
G Bm - C - D
and
I'm down in the tube station at midnight, o............h.
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Am D
3. I fumble for change,
Am D G
and
pull out the Queen, smiling, beguiling.
Am D
I put in the money,
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D
G
and
pull out a plum behind me.
Am D
4. Whispers in the shadows,
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D G
gruff
blazing voices, hating, waiting.
Am D - Am D
"Hey boy!" they
shout, "Have you got any
money?"
- G Bm
And I said, "I've a little money and a take away
curry,
C D
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
And I'm down in the tube
station at midnight, o...........h.
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Am D
5. I first felt a fist,
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and
then a kick, I could now smell their breath.
Am
D
They smelt of pubs,
Am D G
and
Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings.
Am D
6. My life swam around me,
Am D G
it
took a look and drowned me in its own existence.
Am D - Am D
The smell of brown leather, it blended in with the weather,
G
it
filled my eyes, ears, nose and mouth,
Bm
it
blocked all my senses,
C D
couldn't
see, hear, speak any longer.
G Bm - C - D
And I'm down in the tube station
at midnight, o............h,
G Bm - C
- D
I said I was down in the tube
station at midnight, o............h.
G Bm
The last thing that I saw as I
lay there on the floor
C D
was
"Jesus Saves" painted by an atheist nutter.
G Bm
And a British Rail poster read
"Have an Awayday,
C - D
A cheap holiday
- do it today!"
G Bm
I glanced back on my life and
thought about my wife,
C D
'cause 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...........h !
G Bm - C
- D
Don't want to go down in a
tube station at midnight, o............h !
G Bm - C
- D
Don't want to go down in a
tube station at midnight, o.........,..h !
(subway noises) + G - Bm - C - D (4x) ....
(The Jam)